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asajjamāno

asajjamāna

masc nom sg of asajjamāna (prp)

1. unobstructed; unhindered; without obstacle; lit. not being stuck
2. not being stuck (on); being unattached (to); not clinging (to)

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• sajj — root · stick, adhere, cling
  From √sanj. The concrete image of stickiness or adhesion—fire clinging to fuel—becomes attachment to sense-objects and self.
• amāna — ending · present participle
  Middle voice form showing the state of being stuck or unstuck; here, nominative singular masculine agreeing with a subject freed from clinging.

Analysis. a- (not) + sajjamāna (being stuck, adhering), literally 'not being stuck'; in doctrinal usage, the state of non-attachment fundamental to liberation.

Etymology. a- (negation prefix, cognate with English un-, Greek a-) + √sanj (to stick, adhere, join), which appears in Sanskrit sajjate and is cognate with English sync, Latin sanguinis (joined by blood ties). The spatial image of clinging or adhesion becomes the psychological state of attachment (taṇhā), whose absence marks the path to nibbāna.

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

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