santāna

  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-a.63, Dhs-a.217, Dhs-a.297; Vism.555; Vb-a.164. Cp. citta˚ continuity of consciousness Cpd. 1677.

fr. saṃ + tan