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saccena

sacca

masc instr sg of sacca (adj); nt instr sg of sacca (adj); nt instr sg of sacca (noun)

1. sacca (nt): related to memory; regarding mindfulness; lit. memory state
2. sacca (adj): true; correct; accurate; honest; reliable
3. sacca (nt): truth; epithet of Nibbāna
4. saccena (ind): truly; really; correctly; accurately; lit. by truth
5. sacca (nt): in reference to MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta; lit. truth

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• sacca — root · truth; remember
  From √sac, related to Sanskrit satya and ultimately to √sat 'to be'. The semantic bridge runs from 'what is remembered/held in mind' to 'what is real and reliable'.

Etymology. sacca (root √sac 'remember, be mindful') is cognate with Sanskrit satya (truth, from √sat 'be', 'exist'). The shift from 'mindfulness' to 'truth' reflects the Indo-European root √es- 'to be': what is remembered is what persists as real. The instrumental saccena functions adverbially: 'by means of truth', hence 'truly, correctly'. The sense-shift from memory to truth parallels Latin memor and memoria; what is memorable is reliable and real.

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

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