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saṅkhittena
saṅkhitta
masc instr sg of saṅkhitta (pp); nt instr sg of saṅkhitta (pp)
- saṅkhitta (pp): concise; brief; short; abbreviated; contracted; lit. thrown together
- saṅkhitta (pp): (of the mind) contracted; shrunken; (comm) contracted by dullness; lit. thrown together
- saṅkhittena (ind): in brief; concisely; briefly
Built from
- sam — prefix · together, completely
Brings things into one; works like Latin con-. Here intensifies the sense of compression.
- khip — root · throw, scatter
Sanskrit kṣip-, Greek sképtein. The past participle khitta 'thrown together' becomes 'compressed' or 'brief'.
- ta — ending · past participle marker
Forms the past participle from the root; marks completed action.
- ena — ending · instrumental singular
Instrumental case marking; in adverbial use, 'in/by this manner', hence 'in brief'.
Analysis. saṅ-khitta, from sam- (together) + khitta (thrown, scattered): 'thrown together', hence contracted, compressed, brief.
Etymology. sam- (together, completely) + khitta (past participle of khipati, 'throws, scatters'; cognate with Sanskrit kṣip-, Greek sképtein 'aim at, send'). The concrete image of things thrown together and compressed shapes the meaning 'brief' and 'contracted (of the mind)'.