# (2024-05-17) (2-Part Series) [[Vilas]]' Exposition on [[Nirutti]] (Etymology) of [[Pali]] ###### Summary - Video: - Let's learn deep Pali meanings - Etymology ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czvWa89_8Is)) - **TODO: Part 2 link** - Related sutta: [[AN5.86 Paṭisambhidāpattasutta]] - **==Language== ALWAYS** goes from **==[[Subject]] -> Object==** ^6fc2b7 - **NEVER object -> subject** - Language is always from the **Perspective of the Subject** - Examples - tva nāma kim? — what's your name? - mama nāma Vilas — my name is Vilas - **_Nirutti pada_** = Path of going into the **"Deep source"** of the words - Starting from learning the alphabet, grammars, etc. ###### Root words - Prefixes - _**ni-**_ = either **positive connotation**, or **negative connotation** - e.g. _nissatta_, _nijjīva_ - _**nicca**_ = feeling "very sure / real (of existing)" - nīvaraṇa = ni + varana (color) = cutting the color - _**vi-**_ = either **removing** or **enhancing** - Removing - viraga (no desire), vimutti (completely release) - Enhancing - [[Vipassana|vipassanā]] = vi (extensively) + passana = Extensively see - visuddhi = very clear - Vinaya = vi + naya (guidance) = extreme guidance - vimutti = vi + mutti (release) = complete release - _**ñā-**_ = Knowing - _ñāṇa_,__ saññā, _paññā_ ###### Breaking down of the [[MN26 Pāsarāsisutta|7 Qualities searched by Buddha]] ![[MN26 Pāsarāsisutta#^7-qualities-buddha-aspired]] - **_nibbidāya_** = ni + bbida **(Involved)** = **Not involved** (with the names & the world) - If you're not "involved", then you're not in the "illusion" - _**virāgāya**_ = vi (removal) + rāga (coloring) = Without the coloring of the Citta - What's a "color"? - **"Vilas" is a color**! - "Husband" or "Wife" is a color! - vītarāga = vi + ita (completely) + rāga = Completely absent of rāga, that it can **NEVER be dyed with color** again - _**nirodhāya**_ = ni + uddha (growing) = No longer growing / arising - _**upasamāya**_ = upa (close) + samā (equal) = **Completely equal / stilled** on the inside - when the senses are guarded - and hence "peaceful" - _**abhiññāya**_ = abhi + aññā (**other side**, i.e. "Vilas does not exist") - Can you see that "Vilas" was NEVER there? - _**sambodhāya**_ = sam (abiding) + bodhi (awakening, seeing the 4 noble truths) - _**nibbānāya**_ = ni + bbāna ("Involved", **"Conditioned"**, or completely "Fallen into the condition") = **Complete** removal of all conditions