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vinaḷīkataṁ

vinaḷīkati

accusative singular neuter past participle of vinaḷīkati (or possibly a passive form)

1. ruined, destroyed
2. made useless or worthless

Built from

• vi- — prefix · apart, asunder
  Intensifying prefix denoting separation and scattering; here contributing to the sense of ruin or disintegration.
• naḷī — root · tube, hollow stem
  Related to Sanskrit nāḍī 'vein, channel'. The hollow or emptied sense underlies the meaning of destruction.
• -kata — ending · made, done
  Past participle ending from the denominative kārayati, marking a completed action or state. Here creates the sense 'rendered hollow/useless'.

Analysis. vi- (apart, in different directions) + naḷī- (tube, hollow) + -kata (made, done). Literally 'made hollow/emptied out', hence rendered useless or destroyed.

Etymology. The root naḷī (tube, hollow stem) appears in Sanskrit nāḍī 'vein, tube'. The prefix vi- intensifies the sense of separation and dissolution. The morphological pattern is vi- + naḷī + -kata (past participle of the denominative kārayati 'to cause').

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

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