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sarati

pr 3rd sg of sarati (verb)

1. remembers; recollects
2. drifts; wanders; flows
3. moves along
4. spreads out; streams; lit. flows
5. streams; seeps (with lust); lit. flows

Built from

• sar — root · flow, remember
  The root denotes flowing motion (water, time) and by extension the flowing of mental impressions through memory. Sanskrit sṛ, cognate with English 'stream' and Greek rhéō.
• ati — ending · 3rd sg present
  The -ti ending marks 3rd person singular in the thematic present system (Pali thematic -a- stem with -ti). Conveys simple present tense and generic action.

Etymology. From √sr (Sanskrit √sṛ) 'to flow, move, go'; cognate with English 'stream', Greek rhéō 'flows', Latin serere 'to sow' (seed that flows forth). The primary sense is 'flows', extended to memory as mental flow and circulation of thought.

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

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