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vaggarato

vaggarata

masc nom sg of vaggarata (adj)

1. delighted with division; pleased with disunity

Built from

• vag — stem · division, faction
  From √vaj 'to divide, scatter'. The root appears in vagga, denoting a group or party formed by separation.
• garata — stem · cherishing, embracing
  Gerundive-like form from √gṛ 'to seize, cherish, embrace'. Cognate with English grab and Latin gerere 'to carry, conduct'; the root's concrete sense of grasping becomes the abstract sense of clinging to or delighting in.

Analysis. vag (from vagga, faction, group) + garata (from the root √gṛ 'to embrace, cherish'), meaning 'one who cherishes factions' or 'one delighted in divisions'

Etymology. vagga 'division, faction, group' (from √vaj 'to divide, separate'; cognate with Latin vagus 'wandering, scattered'); garata, a gerundive-like formation from √gṛ 'to grasp, embrace, cherish' (cognate with English grab, Latin gerere 'to carry, conduct'). The compound expresses the attitude of one who loves and clings to sectarian division.

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

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