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byāpādapadosā

byāpādapadosa

masc nom pl of byāpādapadosa (noun); masc instr sg of byāpādapadosa (noun); masc abl sg of byāpādapadosa (noun); masc voc sg of byāpādapadosa (noun); …

1. ill-will and hatred; enmity and aversion

Built from

• byāpāda — stem · ill-will, malevolence
  A derived nominal from vi- (asunder, intensity) + ā-√pad (approach, attack), describing mental aggression that scatters compassion.
• padosa — stem · hatred, aversion
  A nominal from pa- (forth, intensive) + dosa (defect, fault), denoting the active faulting and harm-doing that arises from aversion.

Analysis. byāpāda (ill-will, malevolence) + padosa (hatred, aversion); a dvandva compound pairing the two destructive mental states opposed to loving-kindness (mettā).

Etymology. byāpāda: vi- (apart, asunder) + āpāda (from ā-√pad, approaching/attacking), literally 'going at someone'; padosa: perhaps pa- (forth, intensifying) + dosa (fault, defect), or from √do (give harm). Both roots trace to Indo-European notions of approach and harm.

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

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