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vinassanti

vinassati

pr 3rd pl of vinassati (verb)

1. perishes; is destroyed
2. vanishes; disappears; goes away

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  The prefix vi- conveys separation and disintegration, giving the sense 'coming apart into destruction'. Cognate with Latin dis- and Greek diastole.
• nassa — root · perish, be lost
  Related to Sanskrit naś- (to destroy, perish, disappear). The root carries the sense of complete dissolution or annihilation.

Analysis. vi- (apart, asunder) + nassa- (perish): the sense of coming apart into destruction; cognate with Sanskrit vi-naśyati.

Etymology. √nas (perish, be lost) with vi- prefix meaning apart/asunder. The root nas is related to Sanskrit naś- (destroy, perish); vi- conveys the sense of breaking apart or scattering into nothingness. In Buddhist doctrine, vinassati describes the dissolution of conditioned things (saṅkhāra), fundamental to anicca (impermanence).

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

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