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apagatasambandhāni

apagatasambandha

nt nom pl of apagatasambandha (adj); nt acc pl of apagatasambandha (adj); nt voc pl of apagatasambandha (adj)

1. disconnected; without connection

Built from

• apa — prefix · away, off
  The concrete sense of removal; found in Greek apo-, Latin ab-, English off. Here it marks departure from a state.
• gata — stem · gone
  Past participle of √gam 'go'; forms the adjective 'gone away' describing the severed condition.
• sam — prefix · together, with
  Marks gathering or connection; works like Latin con-. Carries the sense of things bound as one.
• bandha — root · binding, bond
  From √bandh 'bind'; cognate with English band, German Band. The root imagery is physical tying; here it denotes the bonds severed.

Analysis. apagata (pp of apagacchati 'goes away') + sambandha (connection, bond) = connections that have gone away, things disconnected from bonds.

Etymology. apa- 'away' (Greek apo-, Latin ab-, English off) + √gam 'go' yielding apagata 'gone away'; sambandha from sam- 'together' + bandha 'binding' (√bandh 'bind', cognate with English band, German Band). The compound depicts severance: what was bound together is now sundered.

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

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