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vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno
vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanna
masc nom sg of vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanna (adj)
- accomplished in the knowledge and vision of liberation
Built from
- vi — prefix · apart, asunder
The prefix vi- conveys clarity and discrimination; here it intensifies the sense of liberation as a clear, distinct state.
- muttti — stem · liberation, freedom
Derived from √muc 'to release, let go'; the state of being free or released from bondage.
- ñāṇa — root · knowledge, wisdom
From √ñā 'to know'; cognate with Latin gnoscere, English 'know' (Indo-European *gn-). In Buddhism, ñāṇa is direct, experiential knowing.
- dassana — stem · vision, seeing
From √das 'to see, show'; related to the Indo-European root for 'to show' or 'to teach'. In Buddhist contexts, dassana means direct insight or vision.
- sam — prefix · together, completely
Brings things into a unified whole; here it compounds the preceding elements into a single complex notion.
- pa — prefix · forth, forth-coming
Intensifies or marks the participial sense; works with -anna to form the adjective.
- anna — ending · equipped with, furnished
From √pad or related to Sanskrit -anna, a participial suffix meaning 'having, equipped with, endowed'. Marks the nominative singular masculine form.
Analysis. A compound nominal: vimuttiñāṇadassana (the knowledge and vision of liberation) + sampanna (equipped with, endowed). The first element breaks into vimuttti (liberation, from vi- + muttti, the state of being freed) + ñāṇa (knowledge) + dassana (vision), all bound together in a determinative compound expressing the complex of liberating insight.
Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder; clarity) + muttti (the freed state, from √muc 'to release') + ñāṇa (knowing, from √ñā, related to Latin *gnō- as in 'know', English 'know') + dassana (seeing, from √das, related to Latin 'docere' and English 'teach' in the sense of showing) + sampanna (furnished with, from sam- + √pad, meaning 'furnished' or 'provided'). The word encodes the Buddhist technical sense of vimokkha/vimuttti as the liberation that comes from direct seeing into the nature of reality.