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aratiratisaho

aratiratisaha

masc nom sg of aratiratisaha (adj)

1. who overcomes aversion and craving; who beats dissatisfaction and delight

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation, as in avijjā (ignorance). Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• rati — root · craving, delight
  From √ram (to play, delight); the sense evolved to 'attachment to pleasure' and 'aversion to its lack'.
• rati — root · craving, delight
  Repeated to encompass both positive delight and the negative aversion; emphasizes the full spectrum of such mental states.
• saha — stem · bearing, overcoming
  From √sah (to bear, endure, overcome). This masculine noun in the nominative indicates the agent who bears or masters these states.

Analysis. a-rati-rati-saha: a compound of three elements: a- (not) + rati (craving, delight) + rati (repeated for emphasis or to cover both meanings) + saha (overcoming, bearing). The doubling of rati expands the sense to include both the craving aspect and its experiential counterpart (delight/dissatisfaction). One who bears or endures the absence of these mental states.

Etymology. saha comes from √sah (to bear, overcome), cognate with Sanskrit sah- and Latin sagax (keen, discerning), both from the root meaning 'to perceive keenly' or 'to bear up under'. The prefix a- is simple negation. rati derives from √ram (to delight, play), related to Sanskrit ram-, and carries the sense of attachment to pleasure or aversion to its lack.

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

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