Pāli Dictionary

asaññata

naprefixsaṃprefixyamroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

yam1control; strive; end

Synonyms

asaṃvuta

Antonyms

saññata

ethics

  • uncontrolled; unrestrained; hard to control

  • AN 4.5

    ye keci kāmesu asaññatā janā, avītarāgā idha kāmabhogino, punappunaṃ jātijar'ūpagāmi te, taṇh'ādhipannā anusotagāmino.

  • SN 3.11

    na vaṇṇarūpena naro sujāno, na vissase ittaradassanena, susaññatānañ'hi viyañjanena, asaññatā lokam'imaṃ caranti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

āsannatā
  1. āsanna

    near; close by; proximate; in the neighbourhood (of)

  2. tā

    they; those; them (feminine plural of the pronoun ‘ta’)

āsaṃnatā
  1. āsaṃāsa

    throwing; shooting; hurling (compound-final, e.g. issāsa ‘archer’)

  2. natānata

    bent, stooped, inclined; bowed down (in homage); turned towards

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