feminine · visuddhi 1.1 · visuddhi 2.1
purity; holiness; splendor; excellency
Visuddhi (feminine) [vi + suddhi] brightness, splendour, excellency; (ethically) purity, holiness, sanctification; virtue, rectitude Vin I {573} 105 (visuddho paramāya visuddhiyā); D I 53; III 214 (diṭṭhi°, sīla°), 288; M I 147; S III 69; A I 95 (sīla° and diṭṭhi°); II 80 (catasso dakkhiṇā°), 195; III 315; V 64 (paramattha°); Snp 813, 824, 840, 892; Dhp 16 (kamma°); Paṭis I 21 (sīla°, citta°, diṭṭhi°); II 85 (the same); Nidd I 138, 162; Vism 2; Pj II 188 (°divasa), Pv-a 13 (°cittatā); Saddh 447. A class of divine beings (dogmatically the highest in the stages of development, viz. gods by sanctification) is called visuddhi-devā Nidd II §307; Ja I 139; Vv-a 18. See under deva.
【陰】 純淨，神聖，光彩壯麗，優點。~deva,【陽】 聖人，淨天。~magga,【陽】 聖道，淨道。
(fem, fem, abstr, from visujjhati) purity; purification (of); holiness purity, holiness, splendour, excellency Construction: vi + √sudh + ti
(abbrev, abbrev) abbreviation of Visuddhimagga