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accantayogakkhemī

masc nom sg of accantayogakkhemī (adj); masc nom pl of accantayogakkhemī (adj); fem nom sg of accantayogakkhemī (adj); nt nom pl of accantayogakkhemī (adj); …

1. completely safe; absolutely free from bondage

Built from

• accanta — stem · completely, utterly
  ati (beyond) + anta (end, limit): going past all bounds. The prefix ati- conveys excess and transcendence.
• yoga — stem · bondage, yoking
  √yuj join, yoke: what binds or links together. Cognates: Latin iugum, English yoke, Sanskrit yugam.
• kkhemī — ending · safety, ease (adj)
  From khema (safe); the -ī forms an adjective meaning 'characterized by' or 'abounding in'. Denotes freedom from turmoil.

Analysis. accanta (completely, utterly) + yoga (bondage, yoking) + kkhemī (safety, ease) — 'utterly free from the bondage of becoming'; a compound epithet for the arhat or one who has reached nibbāna.

Etymology. accanta < ati-anta (beyond the limit, extreme); yoga < √yuj (join, yoke), cognate with Latin iugum, English yoke, Sanskrit yugam; kkhemī < khema (safe, from √kam to desire/love — what is not desired is safe, undisturbed), related to Sanskrit kṣema.

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

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