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sabbavāriyutto

sabbavāriyutta

masc nom sg of sabbavāriyutta (adj)

1. (Jain) bound by all restraints; (or) possessed of all restraints

Built from

• sabba — root · all, whole
  Distributed throughout the compound. Related to Sanskrit sarva; the sense 'all-encompassing' appears in PIE *serbh-.
• vāri — root · restraint, fence
  Derived from √vṛ (to cover, enclose). The concrete image of a fence or enclosure becomes the abstract restraint or vow; cognate with English wear (a fence or barrier worn/maintained).
• yutta — stem · joined, yoked
  Past participle of yuj (to join, yoke together). Cognate with English yoke, German Joch, and Latin iugum. Here it means 'bound together' or 'possessed of'.

Analysis. sabba (all) + vāri (restraint, fence) + yutta (joined, yoked). A Jain technical term denoting the state of being bound by all restraints or possessed of all vows.

Etymology. sabba < PIE *sarbh- (all, whole); vāri (fence, restraint) from vṛ (to cover, enclose), cognate with English wear and Sanskrit vāra; yutta from yuj (to join, yoke), cognate with English yoke and Latin iugum.

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

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