nikāma

desire, pleasure, longing: only in compounds; see nanikāma.

  • -kāra read by Kern (

    Toevoegselen

    1. at Thag.1271 for na kāmakāra but unjustified (see Snp-a on Snp.351);
  • -lābhin gaining pleasure SN.ii.278; MN.i.354; MN.iii.110; AN.ii.23, AN.ii.36 Pp.11, Pp.12; Vb.332.

Vedic nikāma, ni + kāma