paṭisandhi

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Buddhist application of what was quite possibly inherited from Sanskrit प्रतिसंधि (pratisaṃdhi, reunion), but may also have been formed as suggested by surface analysis, paṭi- +‎ sandhi.

Noun

paṭisandhi f

  1. reincarnation
  2. metempsychosis, the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species.
  3. conception

Declension

Descendants

  • Burmese: ပဋိသန္ဓေ (pa.ti.sandhe), သန္ဓေ (sandhe)
  • Khmer: បដិសន្ធិ (paʼdesɑnthiʼ)
  • Sanskrit: प्रतिसंधि (pratisaṃdhi, rebirth) (learned)