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byāpādanīvaraṇassa

byāpādanīvaraṇa

nt dat sg of byāpādanīvaraṇa (noun); nt gen sg of byāpādanīvaraṇa (noun)

1. obstacle that is ill-will; hindrance of disliking

Built from

• byāpāda — stem · ill-will, aversion
  From vi + ā + √pad (spread): aversion as mental energy spreading in different directions toward what is disliked.
• nīvaraṇa — stem · hindrance, obstruction
  From ni + √vṛ (cover): what covers or blocks, placed downward like a lid; one of five mental obstructions in canonical meditation teaching.
• ssa — ending · dative or genitive singular
  Neuter singular ending -ssa marks either goal (dative, as in 'for the overcoming of') or possession (genitive, as in 'of ill-will') depending on syntactic context.

Analysis. byāpāda (ill-will, malevolence) + nīvaraṇa (hindrance, obstruction); a doctrinal term for one of the five hindrances (pañcanīvaraṇa) that cloud the mind during meditation.

Etymology. byāpāda: vi + ā + √pad, 'spreading apart' or 'spreading against', hence ill-will as aversion spreading through the mind; nīvaraṇa: ni + √vṛ, 'covering down', obstruction. The compound expresses the canonical analysis of mental obstacles to concentration.

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

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