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dassanakāmoti

dassanakāma

adjective; nominative singular masculine (dassanakāmoti: -o with iti particle)

1. wishing to see; wanting to visit

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• dassana — stem · seeing; desire to see
  Derived from √dassati (to see), itself from PIE *derk- 'to see, look'. The noun expresses both the action (seeing) and its object (something to be seen).
• kāma — root · desire, love
  From PIE *gem- 'to go, move toward'. Expresses the impulse toward an object; cognate with Sanskrit kāma and English 'come'.
• -o — ending · nominative singular masculine
  Marks the subject of the clause in nominative case, singular number, masculine gender.

Analysis. dassana- (seeing, desire to see) + kāma (desire); iti is the quotative particle marking quoted or emphasized speech. The compound expresses 'one who has desire-for-seeing', a bahuvrihi type.

Etymology. dassana from √dassati (dative infinitive of √dṛś, 'to see'; Sanskrit dṛś- cognate with English 'trance' through PIE *derk- 'to see, look'); kāma from √kam 'to wish, desire', related to Sanskrit kāma and English 'come' (both from PIE *gem- 'to go').

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

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