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saṅkhānena

saṅkhāna

nt instr sg of saṅkhāna (noun)

1. calculation; counting; arithmetic

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Brings elements into unity; here, the action of counting multiple items as one sum.
• khyā — root · count, mark
  To enumerate or make visible by distinction; cognate with Sanskrit khyā and ultimately related to the Indo-European *sek- (to cut, mark, distinguish).
• āna — ending · abstract noun
  Nominalizing suffix forming abstract nouns from verbal roots; here marking the action or process of counting.

Etymology. From saṁ + √khyā (to count, mark). The prefix saṁ (together) combined with the root meaning "to make visible or count" yields the sense of "reckoning together" or "enumeration". Related to Sanskrit saṅkhyāna and the broader Indo-European root *sek- (to cut, mark, count) seen in Latin secare and English segment.

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

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