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ariṭṭho

ariṭṭha

masc nom sg of ariṭṭha (noun); masc nom sg of ariṭṭha (adj)

1. name of a monk; lit. unhurt
2. name of a privately awakened Buddha
3. crow
4. neem tree
5. soapberry tree
6. kind of thorny tree with fruits
7. cruel, unlucky
8. name of a daemon

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• riṭṭha — root · hurt, torn
  Past participle of rindati. Cognate with Sanskrit riṇaddhi 'tears, rends' and English 'rend'.

Etymology. a- (not) + riṭṭha (past participle of rindati, to hurt or wound); literally 'not hurt'. The root is cognate with Sanskrit riṇaddhi 'tears, rends', Latin rindere 'to tear', and English 'rend'. The semantic shift from physical 'unhurt' to the inauspicious sense (as in the name of the misguided monk Ariṭṭha) arises through ironic or contextual usage — what appears 'unharmed' may be deceptively fortunate or ill-fated.

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

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