chindati : [chid + ṃ + a] cuts; severs; destroys.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Chindati [Vedic chid in 3 forms viz. 1. (Perf.) base chid; 2. Act. (pres.) base w. nasal infix. chind; 3. Med. (denom). base w. guṇa ched. Cp. the analagous formations of cit under cinteti. -- Idg.* sk(h)eid, Gr. sxi/zw (E. schism); Lat. scindo (E. scissors); Ohg. scīzan; Ags. scītan; cp. also Goth. skaidan, Ohg. sceidan. Root chid is defined at Dhtp 382, 406 as "dvedhākaraṇa"] to cut off, to destroy, to remove, both lit. (bandhanaŋ, pāsaŋ, pasibbakaŋ, jīvaŋ, gīvaŋ, sīsaŋ, hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaŋ, mohaŋ, āsavā, saŋyojanāni, vicikicchaŋ, vanathaŋ, etc.) Freq. in similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907, 88. -- Forms: (1) chid: aor. acchidā Sn 357, as acchidaŋ M ii.35, acchidda Dh 351 (cp. agamā); Pass. pres. chijjati (Sk. chidyate) Dh 284; It 70; J i.167; Th 1, 1055=Miln 395; Miln 40; aor. chijji J iii.181 (dvidhā ch. broke in two). -- fut. chijjissati J i.336; -- ger. chijjitvā J i.202; iv.120; -- pp. chijjita J iii.389; see also chida, chidda, chinna. <-> (2) chind: Act. pres. chindati S i.149=A v.174= Sn 657; PvA 4, 114; VvA 123; -- imper. chinda Sn 346; J ii.153; chindatha Dh 283; -- pot. chinde Dh 370; -- ppr. chindamāna J i.70, 233. -- fut. chindissati DhA ii.258. -- aor. acchindi Vin i.88 & chindi J i.140. -- ger. chinditvā J i.222, 254, 326; ii.155. <-> inf. chindituŋ Vin i.206; PvA 253. -- grd. chindiya J ii.139 (duc˚). -- Caus. chindāpeti J ii.104, 106; Vism 190 (rājāno core ch.). -- (3) ched: fut. checchati (Sk. chetsyati) M i.434; Dh 350; Miln 391. -- aor. acchecchi (Sk. acchaitsīt) S i.12; A ii.249; Sn 355=Th 1, 1275; J vi.261. acchejji (v. l. of acchecchi) is read at S iv.205, 207, 399; v.441; A iii.246, 444; It 47. -- inf. chetuŋ J iv.208; Pv iv.328, & chettuŋ Sn 28. -- ger. chetvā Sn 66, 545, 622; Dh 283, 369; J i.255; Nd2 245, & chetvāna Sn 44; Dh 346; J iii.396. -- grd. chetabba Vin ii.110, & chejja (often combd w. bhejja, torture & maiming, as punishments) Vin iii.47 (+bh˚); J v.444 (id.) vi.536; Miln 83, 359. Also chejja in neg. acchejja S vi.226. -- Caus. chedeti Vin i.50, & chedāpeti ib.; J iv.154. See also cheda, chedana.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

chindati: 1.切斷 2.攪動{單3aor. acchindi, acchejji; 單3未來式checchati; 單2imp. chinda; 複2imp. chindatha; pp. chinna; ger. chetvāna, chetvāna; pass. chijjati}

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