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kāmehi

kāma

masc instr pl of kāma (adj); nt instr pl of kāma (adj); masc abl pl of kāma (adj); nt abl pl of kāma (adj); …

1. kāma (adj): wishing; wanting; would be delighted (to)
2. kāma (adj): enjoying; fond (of); who likes; who loves
3. kāma (masc): sense desire; sensual pleasure (of)
4. kāma (masc): (objects of) pleasure; sensual pleasure; sexual pleasure; sensual temptation
5. kāmeti (pr): desires; longs (for); is in love (with)

Built from

• kāma — root · desire, pleasure
  The root √kam means to desire or long for. Related to Sanskrit kāma and the Indo-European root *gʷem- seen in English "come" (to arrive toward a goal).
• -ehi — ending · instrumental plural
  The -ehi ending marks plural instrumental case, expressing the means or agent by which an action occurs ("by means of these pleasures").

Etymology. Root √kam "to desire"; cognate with Sanskrit kāma, Latin cāmus (rare), and English "come" (originally "to arrive as desired"). The word belongs to an old Indo-European family expressing wish or approach. In Buddhist doctrine, kāma denotes the five sense-spheres (kāmaguṇa) and the craving that binds beings to the sensual realm (kāmataṇhā).

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

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