1. continuity, duration, subsistence Dhs.643; Ne.79; Mil.72, Mil.185 Vb-a.8, Vb-a.170, Vb-a.173; Vv-a.25; Vism.431, Vism.449. citta˚ continuity of consciousness Kv.458; cp. Cpd. 6, 153^{1</ …}

to safeguard, warrant, maintain Mil.160 (santatiṃ).

anu + pāleti

…kinds of paccuppanna: kh˚., santati˚, addhā˚)

• -paritta small as a moment Vism.238.

Derivation unknown. It has been…

…at Dhtm.351 in meaning “santati,” i.e. continuation
■ On etym. cp Vedic retaḥ; Lat. rivus river = Gall, Rēnos “Rhine. See Walde,…

…Pts.ii.38; Snp.1113.

• -santati duration of material form Vism.431; Vb-a.21.
• -samussaya…

cutting off, destruction Ja.iv.284 (santati˚). a˚; uninterruptedness Vv-a.16.

vi + cheda

…Ja.vi.294; Vism.431 (santati˚ interval); DN-a.i.36; Dhp-a.i.47 (dve vāre twice); Dhs-a.215; Vv-a.47 (tatiyavāraṃ for the…

…(continuously) as “avīci-santati” at Cnd.631. Cp. avīci.

cp. late Sk. vīci wave; Vedic vīci only in meaning “deceit”; perhaps…