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susaṁvihitā

susaṁvihita

feminine nominative singular past participle of susaṁvihati

1. well-arranged
2. properly ordered
3. well-managed

Built from

• su — prefix · well, good
  Indicates quality or ease. Cognate with Greek eu- (eulogy, euphoria).
• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Indicates integration and completeness. Works like Latin con- or English 'same'; cognate with Greek homo-.
• vihita — stem · arranged, placed
  Past participle from √vhi (variant of √dhā 'put, place'). Indicates the state resulting from the action of arranging.

Analysis. su- (well) + saṁ- (together) + vihita (arranged, placed); the compound expresses something arranged or organized in an orderly, complete fashion.

Etymology. su- 'well' (from PIE *su- 'good', cognate with Greek eu-) + saṁ- 'together' (cognate with English 'same', Latin similis) + √vhi 'place, arrange' (from √dhā 'put, place'). The prefix combination conveys the sense of placing things together in proper order.

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

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