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saṁvutā

saṁvuta

feminine singular nominative past participle of saṁvarati (3rd conjugation)

1. guarded, restrained
2. disciplined (in conduct)
3. enclosed, protected

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Intensifies restraint into a unified state of protection and discipline. Works like Latin con- (con-strain).
• vuta — stem · guarded, restrained
  Past participle of √var (to guard, cover). Cognate with Latin vāriō; originally concrete (covering, enclosing), here applied to mental and behavioural restraint.

Analysis. saṁ (together, completely) + vuta (past participle of varati, to guard/restrain): brought into complete restraint or guard.

Etymology. From √var (to guard, cover, enclose). Related to Latin vāriō (to guard), English ware (wary, aware, beware). The prefix saṁ intensifies the notion of complete, gathered-in restraint.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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