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anabhijjhālūhamasmi

anabhijjhālūha

1st person singular present indicative of anabhijjhālūhati (resolving anabhijjhālūhamasmi as a contracted form: an- + abhijjhālūha + asmi)

1. free from covetousness
2. without greed or envy
3. unenvious

Built from

• an- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognate with English un- and Greek a(n)- (atheist, anonymous).
• abhijjhā — stem · covetousness, envy
  abhi- (toward, bearing down on) + √jñā (to know). The prefix conveys fixed, directed perception at an object, hence coveting it.
• -lūha — ending · characterized by, full of
  Adjectival suffix forming quality nouns; here creates an adjective meaning one who possesses or is marked by the quality of (not-coveting).

Analysis. an- (not) + abhijjhā (covetousness, envying, lusting after) + lūha (rough, harsh; here forming an adjective meaning "characterized by"); thus "characterized by not-coveting". The word appears in contexts where the practitioner or a deity declares freedom from unwholesome desire.

Etymology. abhijjhā derives from abhi- (toward, bearing down on) + √jñā (to know, perceive), originally "perception directed at" or "desire fixed on"; lūha is of uncertain origin but functions here as an adjectival suffix. The negation an- is the standard Pali negative prefix (cognate with English un-, Greek a-).

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

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