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vigatūpakkilese

vigatūpakkilesa

masc acc pl of vigatūpakkilesa (adj); nt acc pl of vigatūpakkilesa (adj); masc loc sg of vigatūpakkilesa (adj); nt loc sg of vigatūpakkilesa (adj); …

1. without impurity; with no defilement; blemish-free

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Spatial prefix meaning 'in different directions, asunder'; brings clarity and separation. Works like Latin dis- (divide).
• gata — stem · gone
  Past participle of √gam 'go'; here expresses the state of having departed or been removed.
• ūpa — prefix · up close, near
  Prefix upa- 'alongside, clinging'; here part of the noun ūpakkilesa. The concrete image is nearness and adherence, as in upādāna 'taking up close', clinging.
• kilesa — root · defilement, torment
  From √klis 'trouble, distress'; the mental taints (ignorance, greed, hatred) that bind beings to the cycle of rebirth.
• ūpakkilesa — stem · impurity, defilement
  Noun compound: upa-kilesa, defiled matter clinging to the mind. This is the object from which vigata removes the subject.

Analysis. vi-gata-ūpakkilesa: 'gone apart from defilement'; vigata is past participle of vigacchati (vi + √gam 'depart'), and ūpakkilesa is a noun meaning impurity or defilement (from upa-kilesa, 'nearby defilement', i.e. defilement clung to). The compound expresses the absence of the mental taints (kilesa) that bind beings to saṁsāra.

Etymology. vigata is the past participle of √gam 'go' with prefix vi- 'apart, asunder', cognate with English 'go' and German 'gehen'; ūpakkilesa combines upa- 'up close, clinging' (as in upādāna 'clinging') with kilesa 'defilement', from √klis 'trouble, pain'. The spatial sense of vi- 'asunder' and upa- 'clinging' retains its imagery: defiled things cling close; to be vigata-ūpakkilesa is to have them go utterly apart.

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

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