anattantapo

anattantapa

masc nom sg of anattantapa (adj)

not harming oneself; not self-torturing; not self-mortifying

Built from

an — prefix · not, without
Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
attant — stem · self-torment
Compound of attā (self, from reflexive pronoun; Sanskrit ātman) and tapa (heat, austerity, from √tap 'to burn'); 'burning of self'.
a — ending · masculine nominative singular
Standard masculine a-stem nominative singular ending in Pali.

Analysis. an- (without) + attan- (self) + tapa (austerity, torment); literally 'without self-torment', describing one who does not practice extreme asceticism.

Etymology. Formed from the prefix a- (not, without) + attan (self; from attā, cognate with Sanskrit ātman and English 'I', from the reflexive pronoun) + tapa (heat, austerity, from √tap 'to burn, heat'). The compound opposes the extreme ascetic practices condemned by the Buddha in favour of the Middle Way.

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

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