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avītarāgaṁ

avītarāga

accusative singular masculine of avītarāga (adjective or substantive)

1. without lust removed (i.e. with lust still present)
2. not freed from passion
3. one whose passion has not been abandoned

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation; the prefix negates the quality of vītarāga that follows. English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• vīta — stem · gone, departed
  Past participle of √vī 'depart, vanish'. The gone-ness applies to the quality rāga when present; its absence marks one still entangled.
• rāga — root · lust, passion, coloring
  From √raj 'color, stain'; lust as the staining or coloring of the mind. Cognate with Latin rufus and English red — the vivid coloring of desire.
• ṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Marks the direct object or accusative case; agrees with masculine singular avītarāga in this construction.

Analysis. ava- (away, off) + vīta (gone, departed) + rāga (lust, passion). The compound negates vītarāga ('freed from lust'), depicting the state of one who has not yet cast off craving and attachment. The prefix ava- suggests a falling-away that has not occurred.

Etymology. vīta < √vī 'depart, vanish' (Sanskrit vyeti); rāga < √raj 'colour, stain' (cognate with Latin rufus 'red', English red — lust as a staining or coloring of the mind). The negation is implicit in the logic of the compound: those whose lust has not been 'gone' remain in bondage to desire.

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

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