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vimuttiyā

vimutti

fem instr sg of vimutti (noun); fem dat sg of vimutti (noun); fem abl sg of vimutti (noun); fem gen sg of vimutti (noun); …

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

Built from

• vi- — prefix · apart, asunder
  Prefix denoting separation and clarity. Related to Sanskrit dvi "two"; works like Latin dis-. Here it emphasizes complete freedom or disentanglement from bondage.
• mutti — stem · release, setting-free
  Derived from √muc "to release, let go, set free." Sanskrit mucyate "is freed"; cognate with English "muck" (to clear out). The abstract noun-stem mutti captures the state or act of release.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder) + mutti (from √muc, to release, set free). The prefix vi- gives the sense of complete freedom or setting-apart from bondage. √muc is cognate with English "muck" (to remove, clean out) and Latin "mucus" in the sense of removing obstruction; more directly, Sanskrit mucyate means "is released." Vimutti is a central term in Buddhist doctrine for liberation from saṁsāra.

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

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