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samohassa

samoha

masc dat sg of samoha (adj); nt dat sg of samoha (adj); masc gen sg of samoha (adj); nt gen sg of samoha (adj)

1. deluded; confused; befuddled; lit. with confusion

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings things into unity or totality; here intensifies mental confusion into a complete state. From Indo-European *sem-, cognate with Latin similis and English same.
• oha — root · abandons, loses
  From √hu meaning to abandon or throw away; the bewildered mind is one that has lost its moorings. Related to Sanskrit hū (to pour out, abandon).

Analysis. sam- (together, completely) + oha (from √hu "to abandon, lose"), lit. "completely lost or abandoned"; the prefix intensifies the sense of confusion and mental dissolution.

Etymology. sam- (together, completely; from Indo-European *sem- "one", cognate with Latin similis, English same) + oha (from √hu, related to Sanskrit hū "to abandon, throw away"; no certain European cognate). The concrete imagery is of things brought together into chaos and disorder, hence deluded.

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

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