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rāgañca

rāga

masc

1. desire; passion; lust; greed (for); infatuation (with); lit. attachment
2. colour, hue, dye

Analysis. rāgaṃ + ca

Etymology. √raj > rag > rāg + *a; from √raj 'desire'; Sanskrit rāga [rañj]

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

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