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chinnasassarā

chinnasassara

masc nom pl of chinnasassara (adj); fem nom sg of chinnasassara (adj); fem nom pl of chinnasassara (adj); nt nom pl of chinnasassara (adj); …

1. with no rustling

Built from

• chinna — stem · cut off
  Past participle of chinatti (√chid 'cut'). Cognate with Sanskrit chid- and Greek schizein. The sense 'cut' transfers spatially to 'removed, absent'.
• sassara — root · rustling, sound
  Onomatopoetic word for a rustling or whispering sound; no clear Indo-European cognate. Used adjectivally in compounds to denote sonic qualities.

Analysis. chinna (pp of chinatti, 'cut') + sassara (rustling, whispering sound); 'having the rustling cut off', hence making no sound at all.

Etymology. Compound: chinna, past participle of √chid 'cut' (cognate with Sanskrit chid-, Greek schizein 'split'; the sense 'cut off' → 'removed, absent'); sassara, onomatopoeia for rustling or whispering, likely imitative in origin (no Indo-European cognate). The compound idiomatically means 'cut off from rustling', used of silence or quietness in monastic contexts.

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

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