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vedanānupassino

vedanānupassī

masc nom pl of vedanānupassī (adj); masc acc pl of vedanānupassī (adj); masc dat sg of vedanānupassī (adj); nt dat sg of vedanānupassī (adj); …

1. contemplating feeling; who observes felt experience

Built from

• vedanā — root · feeling, sensation
  From √vid 'to see, know', whence one perceives or knows; the lived, felt quality of experience. Cognate with English 'wit' and Latin 'vidēre'.
• anu — prefix · along after
  Trailing behind, following the track of. The prefix directs the verb to look not once but repeatedly, in continuous awareness as sensations unfold.
• pass — root · see, observe
  To behold or perceive. The prefix anu modifies this root to mean 'to watch continuously, to keep one's gaze following'.
• ī — ending · agent (masc/fem/nt adj)
  Nominalizing suffix forming an adjective or agent noun; here marks one who observes—the contemplative practitioner maintaining mindfulness.

Analysis. vedanā (feeling, sensation) + anupassī (one who looks along after, observer). A compound adjective describing one who maintains sustained mindfulness of bodily and mental sensations as they arise—a central practice in Buddhist meditation.

Etymology. vedanā from √vid (to see, know; cognate with English wit, Latin vidēre); anupassī from anu- (along after, following) + √pas (to see, behold; related to English

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

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