rajanIya · adjective
rajanīya , adj. (= Pali id. ; gdve. to raj-? § 22.20 ), exciting (to the senses), stimulating, charming, seductive : °yās ( ep. of kriyāḥ, activities ) KP 105.8 .
enticing; apt to rouse excitement
Rajanīya (adjective) [gerund of rajati] of the nature of rajas, i.e. leading to lust, apt to rouse excitement, enticing, lustful. 1. As epithet of rūpa (vedanā saññā etc.) S III 79; also at D I 152 f. (dibbāni rupāni passāmi piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni; and the same with saddāni). In another formula (relating to the 5 kāmaguṇā): rūpā (saddā etc.) iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṃhitā rajanīyā {504} D I 245; M I 85. The explanation of this passage at Sv I 311 is: r. = rāgajanaka. — The expression rajanīyā dhammā "things (or thoughts) causing excitement" is contrasted with vimocanīyā dh. "that which leads to emancipation" at A II 196. The same takes the places of lobhanīyā dhammā in combination with dosanīyā and mohanīyā dh. at S IV 307; A II 120; III 169. Another pair is mentioned at Nett 18, viz. r. dhammā and pariyuṭṭhāniyā dh. 2. In different connections it means simply "delightful, lovely" and is e.g. an epithet of the night. So at Pv III 7 1 , where the passage runs "yuvā rajanīye kāmaguṇehi sobhasi": youthful thou shinest with the qualities of enjoyment in the enjoyable (night), which at Pv-a 205 is explained in a twofold manner viz. first as "ramaṇīyehi rāguppatti-hetu-bhūtehi" (viz. kāmagunehi), referring to a v.l. rajanīyehi, and then as "rajanī ti vā rattīsu, ye ti nipātamattaṃ" and "virocasi rattiyaṃ." Thus rajanī is here taken directly as "night" (cf. Abh 69). — At Pv IV 6 2 the passage runs "pamattā rajaniyesu kāmassādābhinandhino" i.e. not heeding the enjoyment of the taste of craving at nights; here as masculine and not feminine — The meaning "lovely" is applied to sounds at Thag 1233 (sarena rajanīyena); Vv-a 37 (r. nigghosa). {562}
【形】 誘騙的，激情的。
(ptp, ptp of rajjati) desirable; arousing; enticing; tantalizing enticing, apt to rouse excitement [lit.] to be desired Construction: √raj + anīya