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evaṁvādino

evaṁvādin

nominative plural masculine of evaṁvādin (noun): those who speak thus

1. those who speak thus
2. advocates of a particular view
3. in the canon, those who deny moral causality and rebirth

Built from

• evaṁ — root · thus, in this way
  Adverbial form emphasizing manner or exactness; the deictic 'this' embodied in eva points to what precedes or immediately contextualizes the utterance.
• vād — root · speak, say
  √vac cognate with Latin vox (voice) and English voice; refers to utterance and doctrine.
• in — ending · one who (agent noun)
  The -in suffix forms an agent noun meaning 'one who performs the action of the root'; masculine form -in (feminine -inī, neuter -i).

Analysis. evaṁ (thus, in this manner) + vādin (one who speaks, speaker). The compound denotes persons characterized by speaking in a particular way—often used in the Pali suttas to refer to annihilationists and moral relativists who reject kamma and vipāka.

Etymology. vādin derives from √vac (speak; cognate with Latin vox, English voice, Sanskrit vac). evaṁ is an adverb built on eva (just, precisely) + -m (accusative neuter suffix), meaning 'in this very way'.

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

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