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purāṇasālohitā

purāṇasālohita

masc nom pl of purāṇasālohita (adj); fem nom sg of purāṇasālohita (adj); fem nom pl of purāṇasālohita (adj); nt nom pl of purāṇasālohita (adj); …

1. who was a former blood-relative; previously related; who was formerly a family member

Built from

• purāṇa — root · old, former
  From √puṛ (to fill, go forward); Sanskrit purāṇa. What has come before, ancient.
• sālo — root · kinship, family
  A noun stem denoting a relation by blood or family connection; appears in compounds with hita to indicate familial ties.
• hita — stem · connected, beneficial
  Past participle of √dhā (to place, hold); in this compound means "bound" or "connected" — one whose kinship relation was previously held fast.

Analysis. purāṇa (old, former) + sālo (kinship relation, family) + hita (beneficial, connected) — a compound describing those who were once bound by family ties.

Etymology. purāṇa from √puṛ (to fill, go forward) yields "what has come before"; sālo (kinship, family relation); hita is the past participle of √dhā (to place, hold), meaning "placed together" or "connected". The compound uses hita to mean "related by blood or kinship" — one whose relation was "held fast" in the past.

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

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