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pahīnā

pahīna

masc nom pl of pahīna (pp); fem nom sg of pahīna (pp); fem nom pl of pahīna (pp); nt nom pl of pahīna (pp); …

1. abandoned; dispelled; eliminated; removed; given up; lit. actively abandoned

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifying prefix denoting motion away from oneself; here cast forward and away, hence 'abandoned'. Works like Latin pro-, English forth.
• hī — root · leave, abandon
  From Indo-European *leik- (to leave, leave behind). The root imagines letting go or putting something down.
• nā — ending · past participle
  Nominal ending marking the past participle (adjective derived from verb), indicating a state that has been reached and is complete.

Etymology. Root √hī (to leave, abandon), with prefix pa- (forward, forth) intensifying the sense of casting away. The concrete imagery is motion forward and away from oneself; cognate with Latin relinquere (to leave behind) through Indo-European *leik-. In Pali doctrine, pahīnā describes the unwholesome mental states and fetters actively abandoned through practice.

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

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