ajātaṁ

ajāta

nominative neuter singular of ajāta (adjective)

unborn
uncreated
not produced

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a — prefix · not, without
Plain negation. Marks the absence of the quality that follows.
jāta — stem · born, produced
Past participle of √jan (to be born, to become). Expresses something that has come into being through causation.

Analysis. a- (prefix: not, without) + jāta (past participle of √jan: born, produced). The word negates the idea of coming into being, expressing what transcends causation and the cycle of birth.

Etymology. From a- (negation) + jāta (born, from √jan cognate with English 'kin', Latin 'gignere' to beget, Greek 'genos' race). The prefix a- functions as plain negation. In Buddhist doctrine, ajāta is applied to Nirvana and ultimate reality as that which lies outside the conditioned world of becoming.

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

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