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sampanno

sampanna

masc nom sg of sampanna (pp)

1. (of crops & fruit) fully grown; ripe; lit. succeeded
2. accomplished (in); fulfilled (regarding); equipped (with); consummate (in); succeeded (in); become
3. endowed (with); possessing; full (of); having; with lots (of); who embodies; lit. succeeded
4. happened; lit. succeeded
5. perfect; excellent; exquisite (in); lit. succeeded
6. fitting; suitable; appropriate; lit. succeeded

Built from

• sam/saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Things brought into one unified state or completion. Works like Latin con- and English same.
• pad — root · fall, go, befall, succeed
  Concrete: stepping or falling downward; metaphorically extended to 'befalling' (happening to one) and thence to 'succeeding' or 'ripening.' Cognate with Latin pedes 'foot' and Greek pous.
• na — ending · past participle
  The -na suffix marks a past participle, here expressing a state that has been achieved or completed (ripe, accomplished, equipped).

Analysis. sam + panna: from saṁ + √pad (to fall, befall, succeed), the past participle means 'come together, succeeded, accomplished.' The prefix sam- (together, completely) combines with the root sense 'to fall/befall' to yield the notion of things falling into place, being fulfilled or complete.

Etymology. From saṁ + √pad. The root √pad (to fall, go, befall) is cognate with Latin pedes 'foot' and Greek pous (through the sense of 'going, stepping'); the metaphor of 'falling into place' or 'befalling one' shifted to 'accomplished' and 'ripe' (as fruit falls ripe). The prefix saṁ- (together, completely) intensifies this: things brought completely into being, fulfilled.

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

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