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sārambho

sārambha

masc nom sg of sārambha (noun); masc nom sg of sārambha (adj)

1. anger; violence; aggressiveness; fury; wrath
2. harmful; hurtful; injurious

Built from

• sa- — prefix · together, completely
  Brings multiple elements into unity; here, the convergence of aggressive impulses into a single forceful state.
• ā- — prefix · toward, up to
  Indicates approach and intensification; adds directedness and completeness to the action of seizing.
• rabh- — root · seize, grasp, rage
  The root denotes violent grasping or seizure. Pali √rabh is cognate with Sanskrit √rabh; both descend from an Indo-European root meaning to grab or rage.
• a — stem · agent noun suffix
  Nominalizes the root into an agent noun meaning 'one who seizes' or the state of being seized.
• -o — ending · masculine nominative singular
  Standard masculine singular nominative ending in Pali; marks the word as the subject of a sentence or predicate nominative.

Analysis. Nominative singular form of the noun/adjective sārambha. The -o is the standard masculine nominative ending in Pali.

Etymology. From sa- (prefix 'together') + ā- (prefix 'toward') + √rabh (to seize, grasp). The root √rabh denotes grasping or violent seizing; the prefixes sa- and ā- intensify the meaning toward a complete, forceful seizure of the mind. The compound imagery is of mental faculties converging and being seized together by violent emotion. Cognate with Sanskrit saraṁbha, and distantly with English 'rabid' (from Latin rabidus, from the root meaning 'to rage').

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

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