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viññātato

viññāta

masc abl sg of viññāta (pp); nt abl sg of viññāta (pp); nt abl sg of viññāta (noun)

1. known; understood; cognized; lit. known apart
2. what is known; which one is conscious of; what is perceived; lit. known

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Intensive clarity: seeing things set apart and distinct. Cognate to dvi 'two'; works like Latin dis-.
• jñā — root · know
  Sanskrit jñā; cognates English know, German kennen, Latin (g)noscere. The root of cognition and perception.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the verbal action as completed; here, 'known, cognized'.
• to — ending · ablative singular
  Marks ablative case: 'from, through, by means of'; here, 'from what is known/cognized'.

Analysis. viññāta is the past participle of vi + √jñā (know); -to is the ablative singular ending. The surface form viññātato adds -to (ablative) to viññāta, marking 'from/through what is known/cognized'.

Etymology. vi- 'apart, asunder' (intensive clarity, cognate Greek dvis) + √jñā 'know' (Sanskrit jñā, cognate English know, German kennen, Latin (g)noscere). The prefix gives the sense of knowing that sees things distinctly, set apart from confusion. Past participle viññāta 'known apart', cognized.

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

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