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anavajjasukhaṁ

accusative singular neuter, or nominative/accusative plural neuter of anavajjasukha (adjective/noun)

1. blameless happiness
2. guiltless bliss
3. happiness free from fault

Built from

• an — prefix · without, not
  Plain negation; no European cognates in this form.
• avajja — stem · blame, fault
  Related to avajjati 'to blame'; the root vaj means to turn or deviate, so avajja is that which turns one away from rectitude.
• sukha — stem · happiness, pleasure
  Cognate with Latin suavis 'sweet'; in Buddhist doctrine, sukha refers to happiness free from dukkha, often the happiness of renunciation and virtue.
• ṁ — ending · accusative/nominative
  Marks the neuter singular accusative or nominative/accusative plural form, used here to denote happiness as the direct object or subject of an action.

Analysis. an- (not) + avajja (blame, fault) + sukha (happiness); a compound denoting happiness untainted by moral transgression.

Etymology. The prefix an- (without) negates avajja, which derives from √vaj (turn, blame); sukha is from √suc (to be pleased, cognate with Latin suavis 'sweet'). The doctrinal sense emphasizes happiness grounded in virtue rather than sense indulgence.

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

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