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vaggo

vagga

masc nom sg of vagga (adj); masc nom sg of vagga (noun)

1. disunited; divisive; factious; dissentious; incomplete
2. chapter; section
3. group; party; faction
4. (gram) (of consonants) set; group; class; series
5. dissociation; separation

Built from

• vaj — root · break, divide
  The root carries the image of splitting or separating one thing from another. Sanskrit cognate vaj-; English 'wedge' shares the Indo-European root *weg-.
• -ga — ending · agent, product
  This suffix forms nouns denoting the product or result of an action; here, that which results from breaking or dividing — a divided section or group.

Etymology. From √vaj 'to break, divide' (Sanskrit vaj-), cognate with English 'wedge' and Latin 'vagus' 'wandering, scattered'. The sense evolved from the concrete notion of breaking or splitting into parts to the abstract sense of a division or section. In Buddhist texts, vagga often denotes a chapter or thematic grouping within a sutta collection, reflecting the idea of material separated into distinct units.

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

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