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savanāyāti
savana
nt
- savana (nt): hearing ability; sense of hearing
- savana (nt): hearing (of); listening (to)
- savana (nt): flowing; streaming (to)
- savana (nt): exudation
- savanāya (nt): for hearing; to hear; for the purpose of listening to
- savana (nt): sweat; perspiration; lit. flowing
Built from
- su — root · hear; flow
From the same Indo-European stem as English 'stream' (flowing in a direction); the root's spatial sense of flowing became the primary sense of hearing (sound flowing into the ear) and also literal flowing, exudation, sweat.
- vana — ending · agent-noun suffix
Derives a feminine noun denoting capacity or ability (here, the faculty of hearing); the same suffix appears in other action nouns such as karaṇa.
- āya — ending · neuter accusative singular
Marks the accusative case, showing the object of the verb or the purpose of an action ('for the purpose of hearing').
- iti — ending · quotative, thus
A particle that marks reported speech, manner, or extent; here it closes the adverbial phrase and indicates the manner or condition of the main clause.
Analysis. savanāya (nt acc. sg., 'for hearing; to hear') + iti (quotative particle, 'thus'; here used as a clause-final marker introducing reported speech or a manner clause). The construction marks the nominalized purpose or manner: 'by hearing thus' or 'in the manner of hearing'.
Etymology. √su (to hear, cognate with Sanskrit śṛ- and Indo-European *srew- 'to flow, stream'; English stream, German Strom) forms su + -vana (agent-noun suffix); the 'flowing' senses derive from the root's original spatial meaning of flowing or streaming, which metaphorically extended to the flow of sound through the ear. No direct cognate in English or Latin, but the root-sense is the same as in Sanskrit śravaṇa.