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vimutti

fem nom sg of vimutti (noun); fem voc sg of vimutti (noun); nt nom sg of vimuttī (adj); nt acc sg of vimuttī (adj); …

1. vimutti (fem): release; liberation; deliverance; freedom; emancipation
2. vimuttī (adj): who is liberated; who is free (in)

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Intensive clarity and separation; here signals complete and thorough freedom.
• mutti — stem · release, letting-go
  Derived from √muc (to loose, release, free); the stem carries the sense of being set free or unbound.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder) + mutti (from √muc, to release, let go). The prefix vi- adds the sense of complete or thorough liberation. √muc is cognate with Latin mutus (mute, unable to speak) in the sense of being loosened or freed from constraint, though the Pali sense is primary. The compound crystallizes the central Buddhist notion of liberation as a breaking-apart of fetters.

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

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