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paññāvimuttiṁ

paññāvimutti

feminine accusative singular; a compound noun (paññā + vimutti) in the form paññāvimuttiṁ

1. liberation through wisdom
2. release by insight
3. the freedom won through direct understanding

Built from

• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Intensifying prefix; compare Sanskrit pra-, Greek pro-.
• ññā — root · know, discriminate
  Root *jñā (Sanskrit jñ, Greek gnō-). Wisdom that sees distinctly.
• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Compare Greek dis-, Latin divi-; points to the separation and clarity of insight.
• muc — root · release, free
  The spatial sense 'to loosen, untie, let go' becomes metaphorically 'to emancipate.'
• ti — ending · feminine nominative
  Abstract feminine suffix forming the feminine noun from the root; marks mutti (freedom, release) as a feminine abstract noun.

Analysis. paññā (wisdom, insight) + vimutti (liberation, release); the compound denotes the form of emancipation achieved when transcendent wisdom directly knows the three marks and cuts through delusion, as distinct from samādhivimutti (release through meditative absorption).

Etymology. paññā from pra- + *jñā (know well, discriminate clearly; cognate Sanskrit prajñā, Greek pro- + gnosis); vimutti from vi- (apart, asunder) + muc- (release, free), with the spatial sense of

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

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