Sampajannyya

[Cittasanto]

Hi All,
this may be a sanskrit word but I am not sure as I can find no direct dictionary reference to it (shame I only have an english one hehe) in any sanskrit or pali dictionary although only the pali dictionary on PTS site has given any close matches (Sampajanna)

is Sampajannyya another form of Sampajanna or are these two completely seperate words? and does anyone know the meaning of the former?

[Macavity]

Pali: sampajañña.
Buddhist Sanskrit: saṃprajanya

As used in the Sanskrit Āgamas the word saṃprajanya bears the same meaning as sampajañña in the Pali Nikāyas. It won't necessarily bear the same meaning in the Sanskritic Abhidharma systems and Mahayana sources.

[Cittasanto]

Pali: sampajañña.
Buddhist Sanskrit: saṃprajanya

As used in the Sanskrit Āgamas the word saṃprajanya bears the same meaning as sampajañña in the Pali Nikāyas. It won't necessarily bear the same meaning in the Sanskritic Abhidharma systems and Mahayana sources.

yeah but what is Sampajannyya

[Sanghamitta]

I wonder if it is a mistransliteration for sampajanna ( clarity, alertness ) Manapa. These things do occur.

[Cittasanto]

hi
yes it does, but it was from a translation of the sankrit version of the satipatthana sutta the word was used, although other pali spellings were used in the translation which would be more familiar to people

[Peter]

ñ is pronounce nyuh as in the Spanish mañana (manyana)

[Cittasanto]

ñ is pronounce nyuh as in the Spanish mañana (manyana)

I am thinking this is just another spelling of sampajanna now, just spelt phenetically without the ñ

[Sanghamitta]

That would be my guess too.

[Cittasanto]

I would post the text but it isn't in a supported format!

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[Macavity]

yeah but what is Sampajannyya

No such word. In both Pali and Sanskrit the consonant cluster -nnyy- is phonetically impossible.

[Cittasanto]

I have realised it was from the chinese translation not the sanskrit as I earlier thought, maybe it is the pronounciation found from the chinese version?

[Macavity]

I have realised it was from the chinese translation not the sanskrit as I earlier thought, maybe it is the pronounciation found from the chinese version?

The spelling is probably just from someone being careless.

It's true that some Sanskrit and prakritic words were transliterated into Chinese, rather than translated, but sampajañña isn't one of them. In the Āgamas it's translated chêng-chih.

[Cittasanto]

Hi Macavity,
always good to know, cheers!
I didn't meant the word was translated but the pronounciation of the word hence the extra letters, if you get my drift?
something allong the lines of mum and mom

I have realised it was from the chinese translation not the sanskrit as I earlier thought, maybe it is the pronounciation found from the chinese version?

The spelling is probably just from someone being careless.

It's true that some Sanskrit and prakritic words were transliterated into Chinese, rather than translated, but sampajañña isn't one of them. In the Āgamas it's translated chêng-chih.