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chinnasassaraṁ

chinnasassara

accusative singular masculine of chinnasassara (adjective or noun in nominal composition)

1. with severed stream (of rebirth)
2. one who has cut off the continuum (of saṃsāra)

Built from

• chinna — root · cut, severed
  Past participle of chinati (√chid 'cut'). The root is Indo-European: English sheath (Old English scēath, a covering cut or fitted), Latin caedere 'to cut'.
• sassara — stem · stream, flow
  Derived from √sar 'flow, move'. Related to English serum and Latin serum (whey, the flowing part of milk). Here used metaphorically for the stream or continuum of saṃsāra.

Analysis. chinna (past participle of chinati, 'cut') + sasara (flow, stream; here referring to the round of rebirth, saṃsāra). Literally 'severed stream', a doctrinal term for one who has interrupted rebirth.

Etymology. chinna from √chid 'cut' (English sheath, a covering from Germanic roots; Latin caedere 'to cut'). Sassara is sasara, related to √sar 'flow' (English serum, whey; Sanskrit sāraṇ). The metaphor is of cutting the flow of rebirth itself.

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

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