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vītamohassāvuso

vītamohassa

genitive singular masculine of vītamoha (past participle used as adjective) — resolved from surface form vītamohassāvuso, a vocative phrase (vītamohassa in genitive governing a compound, + āvuso 'friend' in vocative)

1. free from delusion
2. undeluded

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Marks separation and clarity; confusion is scattered in different directions, leaving the mind undeluded.
• ta — prefix · intensifying particle
  Strengthens moha; common in Pali intensification.
• moha — root · delusion, confusion
  From PIE *mugh- 'to hide, obscure'; the unenlightened state veiled from truth.
• ssa — ending · genitive singular
  Marks possessive relation in the noun phrase; here governing an implied masculine noun or bound with āvuso.

Analysis. vī + tamoha: vī (apart, asunder) + tamoha (delusion, moha 'confusion' with intensifying ta-). The prefix vi- marks the clearing away of delusion; used in Pali texts to denote one who has overcome fundamental ignorance and sees clearly.

Etymology. √moha 'to be confused' (Pali moha < PIE *mugh-, to hide, obscure); vi- 'apart' (cognate with dvi 'two', expressing separation). The compound conveys the sense of delusion scattered and dispersed, leaving clarity.

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

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