sītībhūto

sītībhūta

masc nom sg of sītībhūta (pp)

calmed; liberated; lit. become cool

Built from

sīti — stem · cooled, calmed
From √sī/sīt- (to be cold). The word draws on the literal sensation of cooling to express metaphorical calming and peace.
bhūta — stem · become, arisen
Past participle of √bhū (to become, to be). Marks the state as achieved or perfected.

Analysis. sītī (cooled, calmed) + bhūta (become, past participle of bhavati); a calmed or cooled state, often used in the canon to describe the cessation of mental defilements and the peace of nirvana.

Etymology. sītī from √sī/sīt- (to be cold, to cool), cognate with Sanskrit śīta-, Latin frigidus (cold); bhūta from √bhū (to become, to be), cognate with English be, Sanskrit bhavati. The compound uses the imagery of heat (passion, defilement) giving way to coolness (peace, liberation).

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

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