Rāga
Rāga,[cp.Sk.rāga,fr.raj: see rajati] 1.colour,hue; colouring,dye Vin.II,107 (aṅga° “rougeing” the body:bhikkhū aṅgarāgaṁ karonti); ThA.78; SnA 315 (nānāvidha°).-- 2 (as t.t.in philosophy & ethics) excitement,passion; seldom by itself,mostly in combn with dosa, & moha,as the three fundamental blemishes of character:passion or lust (uncontrolled excitement),ill-will (anger) and infatuation (bewilderment):see dosa2 & moha; cp.sarāga.-- These three again appear in manifold combns with similar terms,all giving var.shades of the “craving for existence” or “lust of life” (taṇhā etc.),or all that which is an obstacle to nibbāna.Therefore the giving up of rāga is one of the steps towards attaining the desired goal of emancipation (vimutti).-- Some of the combns are e.g.the 3 (r.d.m.)+kilesa; +kodha; very often fourfold r.d.m.with māna,these again with diṭṭhi:see in full Nd2 s.v.rāga (p.237),cp.below ussada.-- Of the many passages illustrating the contrast rāga›nibbāna the foll.may be mentioned:chandarāga vinodanaṁ nibbānapadaṁ accutaṁ Sn.1086; yo rāgakkhayo (etc.):idaṁ vuccati amataṁ S.V,8; yo rāgakkhayo (etc.):idaṁ vuccati nibbānaṁ S.IV,251; ye ‘dha pajahanti kāmarāgaṁ bhavararāganu-sayañ ca pahāya ...parinibbāna-gatā Vv 5324; kusalo jahati pāpakaṁ ...rāga dosa-mohakkhayā parinibbuto Ud.85.-- Personified,Rāga (v.l.Ragā),Taṇhā & Arati are called the “daughters of Māra” (Māradhītā):Sn.835; DhA.III,199; Nd1 181.-- For further detail of meaning & application see e.g.-- (1) with dosa & moha: D.I,79,156; III,107,108,132; S.I,184; IV,139,195,250,305; V,84,357 sq.; M.II,138 (rasa° the excitement of taste); A.I,52,156 sq.,230 sq.; II,256; III,169,451 sq.; IV,144; It.56,57; Vism.421; VbhA.268,269 (sa° & vīta°).-- (2) in other connection:D.III,70,74,146,175,217,234 (arūpa°),249 (cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati); S.II,231=271 (cittaṁ anuddhaṁseti); III,10; IV,72,329; V,74 (na rāgaṁ jāneti etc.); A.II,149 (tibba-rāga-jātiko rāgajaṁ dukkhaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti); III,233,371 (kāmesu vīta°); IV,423 (dhamma°); Sn.2,74,139,270=S.I,207 (+dosa); Sn.361,493,764,974,1046; Dh.349 (tibba°= bahala-rāga DhA.IV,68); Ps.I,80 sq.; II,37 (rūpa°),95 (id.); Vbh.145 sq.(=taṇhā),368 (=kiñcana),390; Tikp 155,167; DA.I,116.-- Opp.virāga.
--aggi the fire of passion D.III,217; S.IV,19; It.92 (r.dahati macce ratte kāmesu mucchite; +dosaggi & mohaggi); J.I,61 (°imhi nibbute nibbutaṁ nāma hoti).--ânusaya latent bias of passion (for=Dat.) S.IV,205 (the 3 anusayas:rāga°,paṭigha°,avijjā°); It.80 (yo subhāya dhātuyā rāgo so padūyati).--ussada conceit of lust,one of the 7 ussadas (r.d.m.,māna,diṭṭhi,kilesa,kamma) Nd1 72.--kkhaya the decay (waning) of p.S.III,51,160:IV.142,250,261; V,8,16,25; VbhA.51 sq.--carita one whose habit is passion,of passionate behaviour Miln.92; Vism.105 sq.(in det.),114 (+dosa°,moha°),193; KhA 54 (colour of the blood of his heart,cp.Vism.409) --ṭṭhānīya founded on passion A.I,264; AA 32.--patha way of lust,lustfulness,passion,sensuality S.IV,70; Sn.370,476 (with expln “rāgo pi hi duggatīnaṁ pathattā rāgapatho ti vuccati” SnA 410).--rati passionate or lustful delight DhA.III,112; --ratta affected with passion S.I,136; Sn.795 (as °rāgin,cp.Nd1 100=kāma-guṇesu ratta).(Page 567)