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ratā

rata

masc nom pl of rata (pp); fem nom sg of rata (pp); fem nom pl of rata (pp); nt nom pl of rata (pp); …

1. delighted (with); devoted (to); taking pleasure (in); pleased (with); enjoying

Built from

• rat- — root · delight, please
  From √ram; concretely, to grasp or take hold of eagerly, then to take pleasure in. Compare Sanskrit ramati 'is pleased', and possibly Latin rapere 'seize'.
• -a — ending · past participle, masculine nominative singular or feminine/neuter various
  This ending marks a past participle in the strong stem grade, agreeing with the noun it modifies or functioning substantively as 'one who delights'.

Etymology. From √ram 'to delight, be pleased' (Sanskrit ramati). The root is likely cognate with Latin rapere 'to seize, snatch' in its original sense of 'to grasp eagerly'; the emotional sense 'to take pleasure' developed from the concrete image of grasping. The past participle rata 'delighted' is used substantively in Buddhist texts for one who delights in or is devoted to the dhamma.

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

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