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ārādhanāyāti

ārādhanā

feminine nominative singular (or oblique forms with -yāti postposition)

1. (vinaya) inviting; requesting; lit. causing to succeed
2. winning favour; satisfying; gratifying; pleasing; lit. causing to succeed
3. attaining; accomplishing; successfully achieving; lit. causing to succeed
4. success; accomplishment; lit. causing to succeed

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward; up to
  Reverses or completes motion; here gives causative sense to the root.
• rādh — root · succeed; accomplish; prosper
  From √rādh 'to move smoothly toward a goal'; the root's concrete imagery is smooth forward motion, which becomes achieving or satisfying.
• anā — ending · feminine abstract noun
  Nominalizes the root into an action noun: 'the act of' or 'the condition of causing to succeed'.

Analysis. ārādhanāya + iti: 'inviting' (instrumental) + 'thus, so'—the postposition -iti marks the oblique case to express manner or circumstance; together they form an adverbial phrase meaning 'by means of inviting' or 'in the manner of requesting'.

Etymology. ā- (toward) + rādh- (to succeed, accomplish; from √rādh 'to move smoothly toward a goal', cognate with Sanskrit rādhati 'prospers'). The prefix ā- reverses the root's motion, turning 'accomplish' into 'cause to accomplish', hence 'inviting toward success' or 'enabling'. The feminine abstract noun -anā forms a noun of action: 'the act of causing to succeed'.

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

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