vi (p. 387) . A Sanscrit particle and prefix, usually expressing privation, like அ privative--as விமலம், purity, from, மலம், fifth; வியோகம், disunion, from யோகம், union. Sometimes it implies certainty, or totality, as விமோசனம், total expiation, from மோச னம், liberation. W. p. 758. VI. 11) *