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vilumpamānānaṁ

vilumpati

genitive plural masculine present participle of vilumpati (it tears, pulls apart)

1. tearing apart
2. pulling to pieces
3. destroying

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Prefix marking the separation or scattering of something into multiple directions; intensifies the verb.
• lump — root · tear, pull
  The root meaning to tear or pull; combined with vi- it emphasizes violent separation.
• amāna — ending · present participle
  Marks the action as happening in the present, with -ā- as the present stem formant and -mān as the masculine participial ending; -naṁ (genitive plural) agrees with a plural noun in the genitive case.

Analysis. vi- (apart, asunder) + lumpati (tears, pulls). The prefix vi- intensifies and directs the action of the verb outward into separate pieces.

Etymology. vi- + √lump; cognate with Latin lumpus or related to Germanic roots meaning to break or tear. The prefix vi- conveys the sense of scattering in different directions.

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

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