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ārāmagatānaṁ

ārāmagata

masculine plural genitive of ārāmagata (past participle of ārāmagacchati)

1. having gone to a monastery or park
2. monastery-goer

Built from

• ā — prefix · to, up to
  Reverses motion verbs; here with gam 'go' it indicates motion toward the goal.
• rāma — stem · monastery, park
  From √ram 'to delight, enjoy'; denotes a consecrated enclosure for dwelling.
• gata — stem · gone, reached
  Past participle of gam 'go'; indicates arrival at the monastery.
• -ānaṁ — ending · genitive plural
  Marks the plural genitive case, indicating possession or relationship of multiple agents.

Analysis. ārāma- (monastery, park) + -gata (gone to, having reached), a past participle compound meaning 'having gone to the monastery'; the genitive plural ārāmagatānaṁ refers to 'of those who have gone to the monastery'

Etymology. ārāma (sanctuary, park) is from √ram 'delight, enjoy'; gata is the past participle of gam 'go' (English come, Greek βαίνω). The compound ārāmagata literally means 'monastery-gone', i.e. resident at or frequenter of a monastery.

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

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