(& m.?) grasping, clinging to; relishing.

cleaving to (earthly joys), attachment, DN.ii.58 sq.; DN.iii.289; MN.i.498 (+ abhinandana); SN.iii.187; AN.i.66; AN.ii.11 (diṭṭhi˚, kāma˚ + taṇhā). In comb^n. with (icchā) and mucchā at Nd …

lack of grasping

…may in the end decide for ajjhosāna (q.v.), which in this case would have been liable to change through analogy with…

…of passion Ja.v.487;

• -ajjhosāna (nt.) attachment to lust and desire No. 10 in kāmacchanda series (see above); *…

…MN.i.136; AN.i.66 (˚ajjhosāna); AN.v.198 (adhiṭṭhāna-˚samuṭṭhāna) Nd ii.under taṇhāⁱⁱ (= Dhs.1059, where…