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saṅkhittaṁ

saṅkhitta

nominative/accusative singular neuter, past participle of saṅkhipati

1. briefly
2. in short
3. concisely
4. compactly

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Things brought into one; here, drawing speech or thought into a compact form.
• khip — root · throw, cast
  The root conveys the image of throwing or casting; combined with saṁ-, it gives the sense of throwing together, compressing.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Forms the past participle stem; -ṁ is the neuter nominative/accusative singular, used adverbially to mean 'briefly' or 'in short'.
• ṁ — ending · nominative/accusative singular neuter
  Neuter singular ending used adverbially in the sense of 'in a compressed/brief manner'.

Analysis. saṁ (together) + khipati (throws) → drawn together, compressed; the adverbial neuter nominative/accusative saṅkhittaṁ means 'in a brief/compressed manner'

Etymology. saṁ + khip- (√khip 'throw'); cognate with Latin cohaerēre 'hang together'. The prefix saṁ- conveys the sense of gathering or compression.

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

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