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asaṁhāriyā

asaṁhāra

feminine nominative singular (or ablative) of asaṁhāra, adjective

1. not to be taken up
2. not drawable or compressible
3. irreducible

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• sam- — prefix · together, completely
  Things brought into one place; works like Latin con-. Cognate with English same, Greek homo-.
• hār — root · take, carry
  Root √hṛ. Cognate with English carry, Latin carrus 'cart'.
• a — ending · abstract noun, feminine
  Nominalizes the root; the feminine singular here may reflect abstract gender or stand as attributive adjective modifying an understood feminine noun.

Analysis. a- (not) + saṁhāra (taking together, compression); denotes what cannot be grasped, assembled, or reduced — used of the irreducible and infinite in doctrinal contexts.

Etymology. a- (without) + sam- (together) + √hṛ (take, carry; cognate with English carry, Latin carrus); the compound saṁhāra means literal compression or metaphorical gathering; the negation marks what resists such collection.

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

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