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jāgarassa

jāgara

masc dat sg of jāgara (adj); nt dat sg of jāgara (adj); masc gen sg of jāgara (adj); nt gen sg of jāgara (adj)

1. awake; alert; lucid

Built from

• jāg — root · wake, be awake
  Cognate with Sanskrit jāgŕti and Latin vigil; the root captures the state of sensory and mental alertness, especially valued in meditation practice.
• ara — ending · one who, characterized by
  An adjective-forming suffix deriving quality nouns and adjectives; here marks the subject as possessing the quality of wakefulness.

Etymology. From the root √jāg-, cognate with Sanskrit jāgŕti "is awake" and Latin vigil "watchful", ultimately from Indo-European *h₂weg- "to be strong, awake". The suffix -ara forms adjectives of quality or state. The notion is of wakefulness as alertness and strength of mind.

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

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