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vodātā

vodāta

masc nom pl of vodāta (pp); fem nom sg of vodāta (pp); fem nom pl of vodāta (pp); nt nom pl of vodāta (pp); …

1. purified; cleansed; completely clean

Built from

• vo- — prefix · away, thoroughly
  An intensive or directional prefix, possibly a variant of vi- 'apart' or ava- 'down'; carries the concrete sense of removal or separation, here applied to washing away impurity.
• dā — root · wash, cleanse
  The root underlying verb dhovati 'to wash'; in the causative or passive stem vo-dā- it gains the sense of thorough cleansing or purification.
• -ta — ending · past participle
  The -ta ending marks the word as a past participle, expressing a completed action; here 'washed' or 'cleansed'.

Analysis. vo- (prefix intensifying or directional) + √dā (wash, cleanse); literally 'washed away' or 'thoroughly washed'.

Etymology. From √vod/√dā 'to wash'; the prefix vo- (a variant or blend of vi- 'apart, asunder' or ava- 'down, away') suggests separation or removal of impurity. The root dā appears in Latin dāre 'to give' (from the sense of 'putting'), but the washing sense is more specific to Pali and Sanskrit. Cognate with Sanskrit vodita and related to the sense of ablution and purification in ritual contexts.

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

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