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anuruddhaṁ

anuruddha

accusative singular masculine of anuruddha (adjective)

1. not opposed, not resisted
2. unobstructed
3. agreeable, pleasing

Built from

• anu — prefix · along, following
  Trails behind the action; here, 'following through without obstacle'. Cognate to Greek ana-.
• ruddh — root · block, obstruct
  From √rudh (Latin rudis 'rough'; the root sense is resistance or roughness). Past participle ruddha means 'blocked'.
• a — ending · accusative singular
  Marks the object form of a masculine adjective in the accusative case, agreeing with a masculine noun in the object position.

Analysis. anu- (along, following) + ruddha (past participle of rundhati, 'blocks, obstructs'), giving the sense 'not blocked along the way', hence unobstructed and agreeable.

Etymology. The prefix anu- ('along, following') combines with ruddha (blocked, obstructed), negating obstruction. Related to Sanskrit anuruddha and English 'rude' (from Latin rudis, rough, unpolished) in the sense of 'unsmoothed obstruction'.

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

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