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virati

fem nom sg of virati (noun); fem voc sg of virati (noun)

1. stopping; abstinence (from); ending

Built from

• vi- — prefix · apart, away
  Indicates separation or turning away; here the concrete sense of moving asunder applies to severing oneself from worldly delight.
• rati — root · delight, pleasure
  From √ram "to rest, enjoy, be pleased"; the noun rati names the pleasure or comfort one takes in something.
• -i — ending · feminine nominalizer
  Feminine -i ending forms abstract nouns; here it nominalized the verbal idea of cessation or turning-away into a concrete state or practice.

Etymology. From vi- (apart, asunder) + rati (delight, pleasure, from √ram "to rest, enjoy"). The prefix vi- gives the sense of turning away from or separation from pleasure; virati thus denotes the cessation or abstinence from worldly delights. Related to Sanskrit rati and Latin ratiō (reckoning, reason), though the semantic evolution here is specifically through the notion of "turning away from resting in worldly enjoyments."

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

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