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vuttañhetaṁ

contraction/sandhi form of vuttaṁ + he + taṁ; nominative/accusative neuter singular of vutta (past participle of vadati) + emphatic particle he + accusative neuter singular pronoun taṁ

1. this has been said
2. thus it was spoken

Built from

• vutta — stem · spoken
  Past participle of √vad 'to speak'; cognate with Latin vōx 'voice'. Marks completed action in the past.
• he — prefix · indeed, emphatic
  Enclitic particle that adds emphasis and certainty; common in canonical formulas and statements of established doctrine.
• taṁ — ending · this, that (object)
  Accusative pronoun serving as direct object or neuter singular target; focuses the listener's attention on what has been stated.

Analysis. vutta (past participle: 'spoken') + he (emphatic particle 'indeed, just') + taṁ (accusative pronoun 'this, that'); the form vuttañ arises from vuttaṁ by sandhi before the h- of he, and the whole phrase is compressed in continuous recitation.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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