”something”, i.e. something evil that sticks or adheres to character.”Evil appendant”, is a name for the 3 unwholesome roots (múla)."There are 3 appendants: greed (lobha) is an appendant, hate (dosa) is an appendant, delusion (moha) is an appendant" (D. 33).”Freed from appendants” (akin~cana) is a term for the perfectly Holy One (Arahat).