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manopadosena

manopadosa

masc instr sg of manopadosa (noun)

1. ill-will; aversion; hatred
2. mental corruption; dirt in the mind

Built from

• mano — stem · mind
  Nominative singular of manas 'mind'; cognate with Latin mēns, English 'mental'. In compounds it denotes mental or psychological phenomena.
• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Prefix indicating intensity or direction outward; here intensifying the sense of 'falling' or 'spreading'.
• dos — root · corruption, stain
  Related to pada 'step, condition, fall'; the root dos- expresses 'defilement' or 'that which soils'.
• a — ending · nominative/oblique stem-former
  Forms the masculine stem in -a, allowing inflection through case and number.

Analysis. mano + padosa: mano- is 'mind' (from manas), and padosa is 'corruption' or 'defilement' (from pada- 'stain, fault' + -osa, a suffix forming adjectives; or possibly from the root pad- 'to fall', hence 'that which has fallen, decay'). The compound denotes a corruption or defilement localized in the mind.

Etymology. mano- from Sanskrit manas, cognate with Latin mēns (mind) and English 'mental'. The suffix -osa (adj. forming) creates abstracts; padosa may contain pada 'step, track, condition' (from root pad- 'to walk, fall'; akin to Sanskrit padá, Latin pēs 'foot', English 'foot'), yielding 'fallen state, fault'. In Buddhist psychology, manopadosa is one of the mental defilements (kilesa) stemming from ignorance.

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

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