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kāmapariḷāho

kāmapariḷāha

masc nom sg of kāmapariḷāha (noun)

1. fever for sensual pleasures; burning passion for sensual objects

Built from

• kāma — root · desire, lust
  From √kam "to desire, wish." Concrete sense: appetite or longing that draws one toward an object.
• pari — prefix · around, completely
  Spatial sense of encirclement; here intensifies and completes the notion of burning—fever that surrounds and pervades the whole being.
• ḷāha — root · burn, fever, blaze
  From √lah "to flame, glow." The concrete imagery of heat and combustion; pariḷāha is the consuming fire of passion that encompasses the mind entirely.

Analysis. kāma (sensual desire) + pariḷāha (fever, burning); a compound noun denoting the fever or burning that surrounds and encompasses sensual craving—the heat of lust.

Etymology. kāma from √kam "to desire" (related to Latin camera originally "chamber" where intimate acts occur); pariḷāha from pari- (around, completely) + √lah "to burn, blaze," cognate with Latin lucēre "to shine" and English light, the prefix pari- lending the sense of all-encompassing or complete burning.

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

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