indeclinable without, used as prep. (or post-position) with (usually) instr., e.g. Vin.ii.132 (vinā daṇḍena without a support); Pv-a.152 (purisehi vinā without men); or abl., e.g. Snp.589 (ñāti sanghā vinā hoti is separated from his relatives; cp BSk. vinābhavati Mvu.i.243); or acc., e.g. Mhvs.3, Mhvs.10 (na sakkā hi taṃ vinā). In compound vinā-bhāva separation [cp. BSk. vinābhāva Mvu.ii.141] Snp.588 Snp.805; Mnd.122; Ja.iii.95; Ja.iv.155; Ja.v.180; Ja.vi.482 (= viyoga C.).

Vedic vinā = vi-nā (i.e. “not so”), of pron. base Idg. *no (cp. nānā “so & so”), as in Sk. ca-na Lat. ego-ne, pō-ne behind, etc. See na¹