ananda+amide! interesting...

I just found this on the web when I was looking for some translations:

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004
From: Wordsmith
To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ananda
ananda (AH-nan-duh) noun
Pure bliss.
[From Sanskrit ananda (joy).]

Anandamide is the name given to a compound found in mammalian brains.
It's the same compound that's found in chocolate. Now you know why
chocolate gives you that feeling of bliss.

"In the emerald blue silence there is space for awareful existence of
the fullness of ananda." Song of Silence; The Times of India (New Delhi, India); Aug 9, 2004.

"Then and there he (William A. Devane) decided that if his quest proved successful, he would name the elusive chemical after ananda." Marijuana And the Brain; Science News (Washington, DC); Feb 6, 1993.

So of course the curious biologist's mind had to turn to wikipedia. Even though I've heard of this in class before.