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visuddhāya

visuddha

fem instr sg of visuddha (pp); masc dat sg of visuddha (pp); fem dat sg of visuddha (pp); nt dat sg of visuddha (pp); …

1. cleansed; purified; refined
2. (of eyes) bright; clear; lit. purified

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Prefix marking clarity and separation; here emphasizing complete purification. Related to dvi 'two' and works like Latin dis-.
• suddh — root · cleanse, pure
  Root expressing cleansing and brightness. Possibly related to Latin sudor 'sweat', the water that cleanses the body; the imagery of washing/sweating underlies the abstract sense of moral and mental purification.
• a — ending · past participle
  The -a ending marks the masculine singular nominative of past participles, creating suddha 'cleansed, pure' as a stative adjective.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder) + suddha (pure, from √sudh- 'to cleanse'). The prefix vi- emphasizes the clarity and completeness of purification. Cognate to English 'sud' in sudatory; √sudh- related to Latin sudor 'sweat' (things cleansed by sweating). In the Pali canon, visuddhāya regularly denotes purification of conduct, mind, and vision as stages of the path.

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

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