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viññāṇavantaṁ

viññāṇavant

accusative singular masculine of viññāṇavant (adjective meaning 'possessed of consciousness')

1. having consciousness
2. conscious being
3. endowed with mind

Built from

• viññāṇa — stem · consciousness, awareness
  From vi- (apart, clarity) + √jñā (know), literally 'knowing-apart', the faculty of discernment and mental awareness. Cognate with English know, Latin gnōscere.
• vant — ending · possessing, having
  Possessive adjective suffix forming 'one who has X'. Here -aṁ is the accusative singular masculine case ending, marking the object of a verb or preposition.

Analysis. viññāṇa (consciousness) + vant (possessing, having); referring to a sentient being with awareness or cognition

Etymology. viññāṇa from √jñā 'to know' (cognate with Latin gnōscere, English know); vant from √vat 'to have, possess' (related to Sanskrit vat-). Together the compound describes a being characterized by the presence of consciousness rather than its absence.

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

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