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jāgariyena

jāgariya

nt instr sg of jāgariya (noun)

1. being awake; wakefulness; lucidity

Built from

• jāgar — root · be awake, watch
  An iterative form suggesting repeated or continuous waking. The root is found in Sanskrit jāgṛ and carries the sense of alertness and surveillance.
• -iya — ending · abstract noun, action
  This suffix derives abstract nouns from verbal roots, here turning the action of waking into the state or quality of wakefulness. It is commonly used in Pali to nominalize verbs.

Etymology. From √jāgar (to be awake, to wake), an intensive or iterative formation from the root √gar (to wake, stir). The suffix -iya forms abstracts and agent nouns. Cognate with Sanskrit jāgaraṇa (waking) and jāgṛ (to be awake). English awake, German wach (awake) share the Indo-European root *h₂eweh₂k-.

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

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