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parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano

parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojana

adjective (masculine nominative singular), compound formed from parikkhīṇa (exhausted) + bhava (becoming) + saṁyojana (fetter)

1. one whose fetters of becoming are exhausted
2. freed from the fetters binding one to rebirth
3. an arahant or advanced meditator

Built from

• pari — prefix · all the way round
  The prefix conveys completeness and thoroughness; here it intensifies the sense of total exhaustion.
• kkhī — root · wear out, diminish
  Related to Sanskrit kṣī-; originally spatial (to scrape away, whittle down).
• ṇa — ending · past participle
  Marks the perfective state: the wearing-out is complete.
• bhava — root · becoming, rebirth
  From √bhū (to be, become); in Pali doctrine, bhava is the process of regeneration, the second aggregate of dependent co-arising (paṭiccasamuppāda).
• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  The prefix brings things into unity; here it intensifies the sense of binding.
• yojana — stem · fetter, bond
  From √yuj (to join, yoke); the ten fetters (samyojana) bind the mind to saṁsāra; their exhaustion marks liberation.

Analysis. parikkhīṇa (exhausted, worn out) + bhava (becoming, the process of rebirth) + saṁyojana (fetter, bond). The compound describes one who has eliminated the fetters that bind consciousness to the cycle of rebirth (bhavacakka). In the Canon, this marks the attainment of arahantship, where the fetters of craving and views that sustain bhava are destroyed.

Etymology. parikkhīṇa < pari- (all the way round, completeness) + √khī (to wear out, diminish); bhava < √bhū (to become, to be); saṁyojana < saṁ- (together) + √yuj (to join, yoke). The prefix pari- conveys the sense of thorough, complete exhaustion; saṁyojana literally "joining together" denotes the bonds that bind the mind to the cycle of becoming.

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

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