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vimutto

vimutta

masc nom sg of vimutta (pp)

1. freed; liberated; released; emancipated (from)
2. freed (through); liberated (by); emancipated (through)
3. set; intent; focused; fixed; fixated; resolved (on)
4. without; free (from); devoid (of); lit. freed

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Separation and clarity; works like Latin dis- or English apart. Here it means complete release in all directions.
• mutt — stem · released
  Past participle stem of muc-, the root meaning 'to let go, release, discharge'. Cognate with Latin emungere 'to blow out' and English 'muck'.
• a — ending · masculine nominative singular
  The -a ending marks the masculine nominative singular form of the past participle in Pali.

Analysis. vi- (apart, asunder) + mucati (releases, lets go): literally 'released asunder', hence freed from all bonds or constraints.

Etymology. From √muc 'to release, let go' (cognate with Latin emungere 'to blow out', English 'muck' in the sense of 'remove dirt'). The prefix vi- 'apart, asunder' intensifies the sense of complete liberation. In Buddhist doctrine, vimutto denotes freedom from saṃsāra and the defilements (kilesa), the goal of the path.

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

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