Pāli Dictionary

sañña

saṃprefixñārootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ñā5to know

Antonyms

asañña

mind

  • perceiving; having perception (of); regarding (as) — used as a compound-final adjective

  • MN 109

    idha, bhikkhu, ekaccassa evaṃ hoti, evaṃrūpo siyaṃ anāgatam'addhānaṃ, evaṃvedano siyaṃ anāgatam'addhānaṃ, evaṃsañño siyaṃ anāgatam'addhānaṃ, evaṃsaṅkhāro siyaṃ anāgatam'addhānaṃ, evaṃviññāṇo siyaṃ anāgatam'addhānan'ti.

saññā

approximate

saṃprefixñārootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

ñā5to know

Literal

knowing together

Synonyms

paññatti, samaññā, viññāṇadhātu, paṇṇatti, ākhyā

doctrine

  • perception; recognition; the noting of an object’s marks; third of the five aggregates

  • SN 22.79

    sañjānātīti kho bhikkhave tasmā saññāti vuccati

general

  • notion; concept; label; sign; signal

sanna

approximate

sadrootnasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

abala, palipanna, pagāḷha, ajjhogāḷha

general

  • sunk; immersed; stuck (in)

  • Dhp 327

    appamādaratā hotha, sacittam'anurakkhatha, duggā uddharath'attānaṃ, paṅke sanno'va kuñjaro.

  • subsided; yielded; settled down

  • weak; feeble

  • DN 21

    nāgo'va sannāni guṇāni chetvā, deve tāvatiṃse atikkamiṃsu, saindā devā sapajāpatikā, sabbe sudhammāya sabhāy'upaviṭṭhā.

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