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rājakārāmo

rājakārāma

masc nom sg of rājakārāma (noun)

1. name of a monastery; lit. royal park

Built from

• rāja — root · king
  From √raj 'to shine, rule'; cognate with Latin rex and Sanskrit rāj-. The concrete sense of 'shining' or 'radiating power' lies behind rulership.
• kārāma — stem · park, garden
  A park or pleasure-garden, possibly from √kṛ 'to make' (a made or cultivated place), or a Dravidian borrowing. In compounds, denotes a recreational or monastic space.

Analysis. rāja (king) + kārāma (park, pleasure garden); a park belonging to or frequented by royalty, later the name of a specific monastery near Sāvatthī mentioned in the Canon.

Etymology. rāja from √raj 'to shine, rule' (cognate: Latin rex, regis 'king'; Sanskrit rāj-); kārāma from Sanskrit kāntāra-ārāma or kārāma, a garden or park (possibly from √kṛ 'to make', hence 'made place', or from Dravidian loanword). The compound denotes a place of royal leisure and contemplation.

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

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