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hadayaṅgamā

hadayaṅgama

masc nom pl of hadayaṅgama (adj); fem nom sg of hadayaṅgama (adj); fem nom pl of hadayaṅgama (adj); nt nom pl of hadayaṅgama (adj); …

1. heart-warming; touching the heart; heartfelt; lit. going to the heart

Built from

• hadaya — root · heart
  Cognates with Sanskrit hṛdaya, English heart, Latin cor, Greek kardia — all from the same Indo-European root *k̑erd-. The heart is the seat of feeling and will.
• aṅ — prefix · toward
  The prefix a- (ā-) reversed here in phonetic composition, pointing toward the speaker or target. Here it directs the meaning of going 'toward' the heart.
• gama — root · going, reaching
  From √gam (go, come), cognate with English come and Sanskrit gacchati. The root carries the concrete image of motion or arrival.

Analysis. hadaya (heart) + aṅgama (going to, reaching); literally 'going to the heart', hence figuratively moving or touching the heart

Etymology. hadaya from √hṛd (Sanskrit hṛdaya, English heart, Latin cor, Greek kardia), the physical and metaphorical seat of emotion; aṅgama from √gam (go, come) with the prefix a- (toward), so literally 'coming/going toward'

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

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