sanantana
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Pali
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Adjective
[edit]sanantana
- perpetual[1]
- c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
- 5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම්මන්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
අඞවරෙන ච සම්මන්ති එස ධම්මො සනන්තනො.- 5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano. - 5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth. - (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)
- 5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
- primeval[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "sanantana" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sanantano | sanantanā |
| Accusative (second) | sanantanaṃ | sanantane |
| Instrumental (third) | sanantanena | sanantanehi or sanantanebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sanantanassa or sanantanāya or sanantanatthaṃ | sanantanānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sanantanasmā or sanantanamhā or sanantanā | sanantanehi or sanantanebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sanantanassa | sanantanānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sanantanasmiṃ or sanantanamhi or sanantane | sanantanesu |
| Vocative (calling) | sanantana | sanantanā |
Declension table of "sanantana" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sanantanaṃ | sanantanāni |
| Accusative (second) | sanantanaṃ | sanantanāni |
| Instrumental (third) | sanantanena | sanantanehi or sanantanebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sanantanassa or sanantanāya or sanantanatthaṃ | sanantanānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sanantanasmā or sanantanamhā or sanantanā | sanantanehi or sanantanebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sanantanassa | sanantanānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sanantanasmiṃ or sanantanamhi or sanantane | sanantanesu |
| Vocative (calling) | sanantana | sanantanāni |
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 445.