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āpāthagatānaṁ

āpāthagata

past participle (masculine plural genitive) of āpāthagata (derived from ā-pātha-gata); literally 'having come within range'

1. come within reach or range
2. fallen into someone's power or domain
3. come to pass, occurred

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Reverses the direction of motion verbs; things coming toward the speaker or into the sphere of action.
• pātha — stem · range, scope, reach
  From √path 'to spread, extend'; originally the space that spreads out before one.
• gata — ending · gone, having come
  Past participle of √gam 'to go'; marks the state achieved after motion completes.
• ānaṁ — ending · genitive plural masculine
  Genitive plural ending; shows possession or relation in plural masculine forms.

Analysis. ā-pātha-gata: ā (toward) + pātha (range, scope, from √path 'to spread out') + gata (gone, past participle of √gam 'to go'). The compound means 'having come into range or reach'.

Etymology. ā reverses motion toward the speaker (Sanskrit ā-); gata from √gam (Sanskrit √gam, English 'come'). Pātha is from √path, 'to spread, extend', cognate with Latin patēre 'to lie open' and English 'path' (what spreads before one). The spatial sense 'within range' develops from 'spread before' into 'accessible, come within reach'.

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

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