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mānamudabbadhī

mānamudabbadhi

aor 3rd sg of mānamudabbadhi (verb)

1. demolished pride; obliterated conceit

Built from

• māna — root · pride, conceit
  From √man (to think, consider); the sense 'pride' extends to self-regard and self-importance. Cognate with English 'mind' and Latin 'mens' (mind).
• mud — prefix · (obscure element)
  This element is uncertain in its origin; it may represent a variant or reduced form of an older prefix or verbal particle.
• abbadhi — ending · broke, shattered (3rd sg aor)
  From √bhad (to break, split, separate). The aorist ending marks a single, completed past action in the 3rd person singular.

Analysis. māna (pride, conceit) + mud + abbadhi (broke, shattered); literally 'broke/destroyed pride'. The compound presents a verbal form mānamudabbadhi (broke pride) formed from the noun māna plus a verbal root; mud- is obscure and may be a variant or contraction of an older form.

Etymology. māna derives from √man (to think, be proud; cognate with English 'mind', Latin 'mens'); the verbal element abbadhi is the aorist 3rd sg of √bhad (to break, split), cognate with Sanskrit bhid-, English 'bid' in the sense of splitting or separating. The compound preserves the concrete imagery of physical breaking applied to the abstract notion of pride.

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

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