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uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇassa
uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇa
nt dat sg of uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇa (noun); nt gen sg of uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇa (noun)
- obstacle of restlessness and fidgetiness; hindrance of agitation and edginess
Built from
- ud — prefix · up, out
Upward and outward motion; here expressing disturbance and agitation. Cognates: English out, German aus.
- hac — root · shake, tremble
The concrete image of trembling; uddhacca is mental agitation as restless shaking.
- a — ending · nominalizing suffix
Forms a noun stem from the root complex.
- kuk — root · twist, contract, bend
Underlying the sense of mental contraction and discomfort; kukucca is anxiety and worry.
- u — ending · nominalizing suffix
Forms a noun stem.
- ca — ending · and
Copulative particle joining uddhacca and kukucca into a compound pair.
- ni — prefix · down, into
Downward motion; here expressing hindrance and obstruction. Cognates: English nether, German nieder.
- vṛ — root · cover, turn away, hinder
The concrete sense of covering or turning away; nīvaraṇa is what turns the mind away from its object.
- aṇa — ending · agent noun, state
Forms a noun expressing the act or state of hindering; nīvaraṇa is an obstruction or hindrance.
Analysis. Compound: uddhacca (restlessness, agitation) + kukkucca (worry, remorse, fidgetiness) + nīvaraṇa (hindering, obstruction). The two mental states are paired and treated as a single hindrance among the five great obstructions to meditation.
Etymology. uddhacca from ud- (up, out) + √hac (shake, tremble), "shaking up"; kukucca possibly from ku- (bad) + √kuc (bend, twist, contract), "contortion of the mind"; nīvaraṇa from ni- (down, into) + √vṛ (cover, turn away), "turning away, covering over". The five nīvaraṇas are cardinal obstacles in Buddhist meditation theory.