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vighātañca

vighāta

masc

1. trouble; annoyance; affliction; irritation; botheration
2. destruction; disaster; ruin; annihilation

Analysis. vighātaṃ + ca

Etymology. vi + √ghaṭ > ghāṭ + *a; from √ghaṭ 'strike, kill'; Sanskrit vighāta [vihan]

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

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