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byantībhāvā

byantībhāva

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

1. ending (of by); destruction (of through); lit. end state

Built from

• by — prefix · apart, asunder
  A form of vi-, meaning separation or splitting. The concrete spatial sense—things driven apart—becomes the abstract meaning of ending or termination.
• anta — root · end, limit
  Past participle of √bhid (to split, cleave); cognate with Sanskrit bhid-. The breaking or splitting of something marks its end point.
• ī — ending · instrumental feminine singular
  Marks the instrumental case of the feminine noun byantī, expressing the means or agent through which an action occurs.
• bhāva — stem · state, becoming
  Nominalized from √bhū (to be, become); cognate with English 'be' and Latin fui. It denotes a state or condition, here the state of ending or termination.
• a — ending · masculine nominative
  Masculine singular nominative ending, used when byantībhāva serves as the subject or predicate nominative in the clause.

Analysis. byanti (instrumental feminine singular of byanta, 'end') + bhāva (becoming, state). The compound expresses the state or becoming of an end: termination or cessation.

Etymology. byanta is a past participle of biyati (to split, break asunder), from the root *bhid- (to split, cleave). The prefix by- (vi- with loss of i before a vowel) means 'apart, asunder': the concrete image is things split or broken apart, yielding 'end' or 'limit'. Sanskrit cognates: bhid- (bhindati 'splits'), related to bheda (split, division). The -bhāva suffix (state, becoming) derives from √bhū (to be, become), cognate with English 'be', Latin fui, Greek phuton.

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

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