➥ samāhita:

• for samāhita:
  • inwardly collected
  • collected
  • well-established

-atta suffix is redundant

In samāhitatto we regard the -atta suffix as redundant. For example:

• I am always inwardly collected

niccasamāhitatto. (SN i 169)

Atta’s role as a suffix is not noted in the Pāli grammar books, nor in the dictionaries sv Atta, though Duroiselle says pahitatto means ‘resolute, whose mind is bent upon, literally directed towards,’ and ṭhitatto means ‘of firm mind’ (PGPL, para 555).

See notes sv Attā.

➥ samāhito: (main article see: samāhita)

Illustration: samāhito, inwardly collected

As he abides contemplating the nature of the body internally he becomes perfectly inwardly collected and perfectly serene. Being thus perfectly inwardly collected and perfectly serene he arouses knowledge and vision externally of others’ bodies [according to reality].

Ajjhattaṁ kāye kāyānupassī viharanto tattha sammāsamādhiyati sammāvippasīdati. So tattha sammā samāhito sammāvippasanno bahiddhā parakāye ñāṇadassanaṁ abhinibbatteti. (DN ii 216)

Illustration: samāhito, inwardly collected

Bhikkhus, develop inward collectedness. A bhikkhu who is inwardly collected discerns things according to reality.

samādhiṁ bhikkhave bhāvetha. Samāhito bhikkhave bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. (SN iii 13)

➥ samāhitaṁ: (main article see: samāhita)

Illustration: samāhitaṁ, collected

My mind is well-collected.

Cittaṁ me susamāhitaṁ (Tha 1)

Illustration: samāhito, well-established

This community of bhikkhus is spiritually purified, well-established in penetrative discernment and virtue.

Esa saṅgho ujubhūto paññāsīlasamāhito. (AN iv 292)

Illustration: samāhito, established

The fool is miserable everywhere, being unestablished in virtue

Sabbattha dummano bālo sīlesu asamāhito. (Tha 617)

Illustration: samāhito, well-established

Well established in virtue

sīlesu susamāhito. (AN ii 8)