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avasesena

avasesa

masc instr sg of avasesa (adj); nt instr sg of avasesa (adj); masc instr sg of avasesa (noun)

1. remaining; rest of
2. remainder; rest

Built from

• ava — prefix · down, away
  Concrete spatial sense of downward motion or separation; here contributes the notion of what is left behind.
• sesa — root · remaining, leftover
  From √śiṣ 'to leave'; cognate with Sanskrit śeṣa 'remainder' and Greek ἔλειπον 'left behind'. Denotes what persists after other things depart.
• ena — ending · instrumental singular
  Marks the instrumental case, indicating the means or accompaniment ('by means of the remainder', 'with what is left over').

Analysis. ava- (down, away) + sesa (remaining, leftover): what is left behind or set aside.

Etymology. ava- (away, down; cognate with Latin au- in aufero 'carry off', English off) + √śiṣ (to leave, remain; Sanskrit śeṣa 'remainder', Greek ἔλειπον eleipon 'left behind'). The prefix ava- concretely images material falling away or being set down; here it yields the abstract sense of what remains after separation.

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

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