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anagāriyaṁ

anagāriya

accusative singular neuter of anagāriya (adjective/noun); sometimes nominative singular in appositive use

1. homelessness
2. the homeless state (renunciate life)
3. leaving the household for monastic life

Built from

• an — prefix · not, without
  Simple negation, without the spatial imagery of other prefixes. Parallel to English un- and Greek a(n)-.
• agāra — root · house, home
  From √gṛ (to house, dwell). Cognate with Sanskrit gṛha, English 'gar-' elements (garrison, guard).
• ya — ending · abstract noun suffix
  Derives neuter abstract nouns from adjectives and nouns, forming conditions and states.

Analysis. an- (without) + agāra (house, home) + -ya (abstract suffix); 'the condition of being without a home.' The word denotes the transition from household (gihī) to renunciate status, foundational in Buddhist monasticism.

Etymology. agāra from ā-gṛ (Sanskrit √gṛ, to house; related to English 'gar-' in 'garrison', 'guard'). The prefix an- is the simple negation. anagāriya is a distinctly Pali noun formation for the non-domestic, monastic life.

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

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