agārasmā

agāra

nt abl sg of agāra (noun)

dwelling; building; house; home; hut
household life; domestic living

Built from

a- — prefix · not, without
Negation. The prefix plain negates what follows, rendering it its opposite—here, without shelter.
gāra — root · shelter, refuge
Related to Proto-Indo-European *gher- (to grasp, enclose). The sense "open place" or "dwelling" (paradoxically, an open area where one may live) stems from the contrast: gāra marks habitable land.
smā — ending · ablative sg
Marks source or departure (from the house, away from dwelling). This ending signals the locative ablative relation in singular neuter nouns.

Etymology. From a- (not, without) + gāra (refuge, shelter), literally "non-shelter" or "open place". Cognate with English "bare" and Greek gērā (emptiness), reflecting the sense of exposure and lack of enclosure. In Buddhist usage, agāra contrasts with anāgāra (houseless, monastic life).

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

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