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vivekajaṁ

vivekaja

adjective, singular neuter nominative (or accusative)

1. born of solitude
2. arisen from seclusion
3. born of detachment

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Separative prefix marking motion or division in different directions; cognate with Latin dis- (divide).
• veka — stem · solitude, parting
  From √i (go). Represents the state of withdrawal and aloneness central to the meditator's path.
• ja — ending · born of, produced by
  Participial adjective-forming suffix indicating that something arises from or is caused by the preceding noun.

Analysis. vi-veka-ja: vi (apart, asunder) + veka (separation, solitude) + ja (born of, produced by). The prefix vi- applied to √i (go) produces veka, 'parting, solitude'; ja is the participial adjective 'born of'. So 'born of the going-apart', i.e. resulting from seclusion or detachment.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder) + √i (go, cognate with English go, Latin īre) + -ja (born of). Veka ('solitude, detachment') is found in early Buddhist Pali as the fruit of the yogin's withdrawal from sensuality; vivekajaṁ marks joy or joy-and-equanimity (pīti, upekkhā) arising from meditative seclusion.

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

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