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kāmacchando

kāmacchanda

masc nom sg of kāmacchanda (noun)

1. interest in sensual pleasure; sensual desire; sensual impulse (for)

Built from

• kāma — root · desire, sensual pleasure
  From kar-/kam- (to desire); the concrete sense is 'craving' that draws one toward objects. Cognate with Latin cārus 'dear', Sanskrit kāma.
• chanda — root · intention, inclination
  From chad- (to choose, intend, will); the concrete sense is 'leaning toward' or 'being inclined.' Related to Sanskrit chanda and English 'chance' (what one chooses to encounter).

Analysis. kāma (sensual pleasure, desire) + chanda (intention, inclination); the compound names the mental factor of inclination toward sensual gratification—one of the five hindrances (nīvaraṇa) in Buddhist psychology.

Etymology. kāma derives from the root kam- (desire, longing), cognate with Latin cārus (dear, beloved) and Sanskrit kāma; chanda from the root chad- (to choose, intend), related to Sanskrit chanda (intention, will). Together they form a bahuvrīhi compound denoting the state of being drawn toward sense-pleasure.

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

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