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nirujjhati

pr 3rd sg of nirujjhati (verb)

1. dissolves; finishes; stops; ceases; vanishes; lit. is blocked down

Built from

• nir — prefix · out of, away from
  Negating and excluding prefix. Cognate with Sanskrit nis-, English nether, German nieder. The spatial sense of expulsion underlies the meaning of cessation.
• ujjhati — stem · throws away, abandons
  From √ujh 'to throw, cast'. The verb stem combines with the prefix to create the sense of complete abandonment or rejection, which becomes dissolution or cessation in the doctrinal context.

Analysis. nis + ujjhati: 'out of' + 'throws away', hence to throw out or abandon completely, resulting in cessation.

Etymology. From nis (out of, away from) + ujjhati (throws). Nis derives from the root √vas 'dwell' in its negative sense 'not dwelling', reinforced by the prefix meaning 'out/away' (cognate with Sanskrit nis-, English nether). Ujjhati is from √ujh 'to throw, cast away' (related to Sanskrit utsṛjati 'abandons'). The compound conveys the concrete image of casting something out completely, which in Buddhist usage becomes the cessation of a mental state or phenomenon.

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

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