Pāli Dictionary

santati

saṃprefixtanroottisuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

tan7stretch; extend

general

  • continuity; uninterrupted succession; duration, lineage

  • Thag 16.1

    suddhaṃ dhammasamuppādaṃ, suddhaṃ saṅkhārasantatiṃ, passantassa yathābhūtaṃ, na bhayaṃ hoti gāmaṇi.

doctrine

  • (Abhidhamma) causal continuity, the unbroken series of momentary phenomena

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

santāiti
  1. santāsanta

    existing; being; present; true; correct

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

Encyclopedia

Santati
Person

  • A minister of King Pasenadi who, after quelling a border revolt, was granted the kingdom for seven days of revelry; when his dancing-girl suddenly died, the grief-stricken minister sought the Buddha, attained Arahantship, and passed into final Nibbāna the same day.

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