1. spreading, ramification, tendril (valli˚) Kp-a.48.
2. one of the 5 celestial trees Ja.vi.239 (˚maya made of its flowers).
3. (also m.) continuity, succession; lineage SN.iii.143; DN-a.i.46; Dhs- …

Bhavanga-santāna: ‘continuity of subconsciousness’; see: santāna

Citta-santāna: ‘consciousness-continuity’; see: santāna

Continuity: of body, subconsciousness, consciousness or groups of existence: santāna.

…of the meaning is “kilesa-santāna-niddāya uṭṭhahati cattāri vā ariyasaccāni paṭivijjhati Nibbānam eva vā sacchikaroti”…

…division dealing with the khandhas (i.e. Vb.1 sq.) Mil.12

• -santāna duration of the khandhas…

…by “yaṃ… citta-santānaṃ mejjhaṃ bhaveyya suci-vodānaṃ taṃ duṭṭhaṃ mejjhaṃ iminā ti dummejjhaṃ”).

*medhya;…

…by Dhammapāla as “santānaṃ punāti visodheti, i.e. cleaning the continuation (of life) Vv-a.19, thus taken to pu. The…

…K.S. i.321: porāṇaka santānaṃ vā paṇḍitānaṃ dhamma); Dhp-a.i.51.

for sanātana (cp. purātana); Idg. *seno = Gr. ε ̔́νος…

1. (nt.) = santāna 1; Vv-a.94, Vv-a.162 (˚valli a sort of long creeper). mūla˚; a spreading root SN.iii.155; Ja.i.277.
2. = santāna 2;…

…e.g. Dhtp.390, with defⁿ “tantu-santāna”

…= ˚pakka Ja.iv.445.

• -santāna spreadings or shoots of a creeper Kp-a.48.
• -hāraka carrying a…