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samanupassati

pr 3rd sg of samanupassati (verb)

1. sees; perceives; lit. sees along together
2. regards; considers; recognizes; sees (as); lit. sees along together

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings things into one unified view; cognate with English 'same', Greek homo-, Latin similis.
• anu — prefix · along after, following
  Trails behind, follows the track of; from the concrete image of following in someone's footsteps. Cognate with Greek ana- 'along, up through'.
• pass — root · see, perceive
  From Indo-European *pāt- 'open, stretch'; cognate with Latin patēre 'lie open', English 'patent'. The root carries the image of the eye opening or light spreading over an object.
• ati — ending · 3rd singular present
  The present indicative ending -ati shows the action happening now in third person singular.

Analysis. sam + anu + passati: together (with) + along after + sees. The prefix combination intensifies the sense of seeing through to the full extent of something: one sees it 'along with' (anu-) and 'together with all its aspects' (sam-).

Etymology. From √pas 'see' (cognate with Latin patēre 'lie open', English 'patent', 'passion' in the sense of undergoing/experiencing). The prefixes sam- and anu- work together to express comprehensive perception: sam- gathers all aspects into one view, while anu- follows the contours of the object, seeing it 'along' its nature.

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

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