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satiyā
sati
fem instr sg of sati (noun); fem dat sg of sati (noun); fem abl sg of sati (noun); fem gen sg of sati (noun); …
- sati (fem): memory; remembering; recollection; keeping in mind
- sati (fem): mindfulness; presence; recollection; awareness
- satiyā (prp): when being present; when there is; when exists; lit. when existing
- satī (fem): chaste woman
- satī (adj): with mindfulness; having presence; with awareness
- santa (prp): existing; being; there is
- santa (prp): being present; attending
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- sat — root · remember, be present
From √smṛ. The concrete image is of the mind returning to what is present, staying with it; in meditation, sati is the sentinel that keeps attention anchored. Cognates: Sanskrit smṛti, Latin memor, English 'smart' (to feel acutely).
- i — ending · feminine nominative stem
The feminine -ī noun stem marker; here in the instrumental case with -ā ending, marking the grammatical relationship in the clause (with, by means of mindfulness).
Etymology. From √smṛ 'to remember', cognate with Sanskrit smṛti 'memory', Latin memor 'mindful', English 'smart' (originally 'to feel keenly'). The Pali root sat- preserves the ancient s-mobile of Indo-European *mer- 'to remember'. In Buddhist usage, sati elevated from mere memory to the cardinal virtue of continuous present-moment awareness, the faculty that guards the mind's threshold.