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chaṭṭhanayabhūmiparicchedo

chaṭṭhanayabhūmipariccheda

masc nom sg of chaṭṭhanayabhūmipariccheda (noun)

1. classification of the level of the sixth method

Built from

• chaṭṭha — root · sixth
  From Indo-European *seks-; cognates: Latin sex, Greek hex, English six.
• naya — root · method, way
  From √nī 'to lead'; the way one is led or proceeds. Cognate with Latin nēx.
• bhūmi — stem · level, ground
  From Indo-European *bheuH- 'to grow, become'; cognate with English be, being. The concrete sense of ground as what one stands on extends to level or plane.
• pari — prefix · around
  Pari- means 'around, all the way round', indicating completeness; cognate with Greek peri-.
• ccheda — stem · section, division
  From √chid 'to cut'. Combined with pari-, pariccheda means 'division marked off on all sides', hence 'section' or 'chapter'.

Analysis. chaṭṭha-naya-bhūmi-pariccheda: the sixth (chaṭṭha) method (naya) level (bhūmi) division or section (pariccheda). A technical term in Pali scholasticism denoting the classified exposition of the sixth hermeneutical method.

Etymology. Built from four Sanskrit/Pali elements: chaṭṭha 'sixth' (from Indo-European *seks- 'six', cognate with Latin sex, Greek hex, English six); naya 'method, way' (from √nī 'to lead', cognate with Latin nēx 'leading'); bhūmi 'level, ground' (from Indo-European *bheuH- 'to grow, become', cognate with English be); pariccheda 'section, division' (pari- 'around' + √chid 'to cut', meaning 'division all around').

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

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