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vohārasamucchedāya

vohārasamuccheda

masc dat sg of vohārasamuccheda (noun)

1. cutting off of all business activity; bringing one's affairs to end

Built from

• vohāra — root · business, transaction
  From √vah 'to carry, conduct affairs'; the concrete image of bearing or managing goods becomes the abstract conduct of worldly business.
• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings multiple elements into one unified action; here marks total, thorough cutting away.
• uccheda — stem · cutting off, destruction
  From √chid 'to cut' (English cognate 'cut', Latin caedere); noun form expressing the act of severing.
• ā — ending · dative marker
  Dative singular ending; here marks the goal or purpose: 'for the sake of cutting off affairs'.
• ya — ending · dative singular suffix
  Secondary dative suffix after -ā, indicating direction or instrumental purpose.

Analysis. vohāra (business, transaction, dealings) + samuccheda (cutting off, destruction). A compound denoting the complete cessation of worldly activity—particularly in monastic discipline, the renunciation of all commercial and transactional conduct.

Etymology. vohāra derives from √vah (to carry, bear, transport): the sense of 'conducting' or 'managing affairs'. samuccheda combines sam- (together, completely) + uccheda (cutting, cutting off), from √chid (to cut). The prefix sam- and the root √chid appear also in Sanskrit samuchcheda; English cognates include 'cut' and Latin caedere (to cut). The spiritual sense of 'cutting off' worldly dealings is native to the Pali doctrinal vocabulary.

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

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