vattamāna

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Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्तमान (vartamāna, present middle participle of वर्तते (vartate)).

Adjective

vattamāna

  1. present middle participle of vattati
  2. (grammar) present
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 254; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      पच्चुप्पन्ने काले वत्तमाना विभत्ति होति।
      Paccuppanne kāle vattamānā vibhatti hoti.
      For contemporary time, a present ending is used.

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