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chandarāgavinayo

chandarāgavinaya

masc nom sg of chandarāgavinaya (noun)

1. removal of interest and passion; dispelling of desire and lust (for); lit. leading out interest and desire

Built from

• chanda — root · desire, interest
  From √chand 'to shine, appear', becoming 'what appears to the mind', hence wish or inclination. Cognate with Sanskrit chanda.
• rāga — root · passion, lust
  From √ranj 'to colour, tinge', hence 'passion' as what colours or soaks into the mind. Cognate with English 'range' and 'tinge'.
• vi — prefix · apart, away
  Spatial prefix meaning 'asunder' or 'out', often intensive. Works like Latin dis- or English un-; here it signals the leading away or removal of the preceding terms.
• naya — stem · leading, removal
  From √nay 'to lead', with the prefix vi- it means 'to lead away, remove, dispel'. Cognate with Latin ducō 'lead' (education, conduct). The entire compound names the disciplinary removal of desire and passion.
• a — ending · masc
  Nominative singular masculine ending -a, marking the subject case of the noun.

Analysis. chanda + rāga + vinaya; literally 'leading out of desire and lust'. Chanda ('interest, wish') and rāga ('passion, lust') are brought together as the paired hindrances to be removed, and vinaya (√ni 'lead down/away') expresses their removal. The compound shows the doctrinal focus on conquering the second and third fetters.

Etymology. chanda is from √chand 'shine, appear' (becoming 'what appears to the mind, wish'); rāga from √ranj 'colour, tinge' (hence 'passion, soaking'); vinaya from vi- 'apart' + √nay 'lead', literally 'leading asunder/away'. All three roots are Indo-European: √chand cognate with Sanskrit chanda, √ranj with English 'range' (what colours or marks the spectrum), and √nay with Latin ducō 'lead' (education, duction).

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

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