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nippapañcaratino

nippapañcarati

masc dat sg of nippapañcarati (adj); nt dat sg of nippapañcarati (adj); masc gen sg of nippapañcarati (adj); nt gen sg of nippapañcarati (adj)

1. taking pleasure in mental nonproliferation; not addicted to manifold ideas

Built from

• nis — prefix · out of, away from
  Negates what follows; literally means 'out' or 'away from', removing or excluding the notion that follows. The prefix points to the concrete image of exiting or departing.
• papañca — stem · mental proliferation, conceptual elaboration
  A compound itself: pap- (to spread, expand) + -añca. In Buddhist psychology, papañca is the tendency of the mind to multiply and elaborate ideas, objects, and viewpoints—a cardinal obstacle to nirvana.
• rati — stem · delight, pleasure
  From √ram 'to rest, be pleased'; denotes joy or attachment. In this compound, it forms the second part of a dvandva-like construction meaning 'delighting in the absence of proliferation'.
• no — ending · dative/genitive singular
  A syncretistic ending marking either dative ('for, to one who...') or genitive ('of one who...') singular, agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun (often the subject). Here it suggests 'for/of one delighting in non-proliferation'.

Analysis. nis + papañca + rati: 'without mental proliferation' (nis 'out of, away from' + papañca 'conceptual proliferation, mental proliferation' + rati 'delight, pleasure'). The form nippapañcaratino shows sandhi: nis-papañcarati becomes nippapañcarati (nis assimilates to n before p, and ā elides before a).

Etymology. nis (prefix meaning 'out of, away from'; from root *nem- 'to distribute', cognate with English 'nimble', Greek nemein) + papañca (from pap- 'to expand, spread' + añca, related to añj 'to anoint, spread'; papañca denotes mental expansion, conceptual proliferation, the multiplying of ideas) + rati ('delight, pleasure'; from √ram 'to rest, be pleased', cognate with Latin ramis 'branch' in the sense of 'extended', related to English 'roam'). The compound expresses the doctrinal ideal of cessation of mental elaboration (papañca-nirodha).

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

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