‹ Back to the text

alobho

alobha

masc nom sg of alobha (noun)

1. non-greed; absence of desire; moderation

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Simple negation. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-. Here it negates the next element outright.
• lobha — root · greed, covetousness
  From Sanskrit lobha. Related to a root meaning 'to desire eagerly'; the concrete sense is grasping or clutching at what one craves.

Etymology. a- (prefix, not, without) + lobha (greed, covetousness). The word negates lobha, which is related to Sanskrit lobha and ultimately to Indo-European *lewbh- (to desire eagerly). In Buddhist psychology, alobha (together with adosa and amoha) forms one of the three wholesome roots (kusala-mūla), the antidote to rāga.

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version