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ālayarāmāya

ālayarāma

fem instr sg of ālayarāma (adj); masc dat sg of ālayarāma (adj); fem dat sg of ālayarāma (adj); nt dat sg of ālayarāma (adj); …

1. pleased by attachment; enjoying clinging

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, into
  Marks approach and settling; here indicates the settling or fixing of the mind into attachment.
• lay — root · lie, settle, cling
  √lay, 'to lie down, adhere, attach'; Sanskrit layati. Concrete sense of laying down and adhering becomes the abstract 'attachment' or 'abode'.
• a — ending · nominalizer
  Masculine/neuter nominalized form of the root, creating the noun ālaya.
• rām — root · delight, rest, enjoy
  √ram, 'to be pleased, to rest'; related to Latin rāmus (branch, what one rests upon) in the concrete sense. Concrete imagery of resting or reclining underlies pleasure.
• a — ending · adjective
  Masculine nominalized form of the root, creating the adjective rāma 'pleased, delighting in'.

Analysis. ā-laya-rāma: compound of ālaya (attachment, clinging, abode) and rāma (pleased, delighting in); the dative/instrumental marks the object of delight or the cause of pleasure.

Etymology. ālaya from ā (toward, settling) + √i (go), 'that toward which one goes' or 'settling-place', hence 'attachment' or 'abode'; rāma from √ram (delight, rest), cognate with English 'repose' and Latin rāmus if understood broadly as 'branch' (what one rests on); together, 'finding delight in attachment'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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