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apagatadosā

apagatadosa

masc nom pl of apagatadosa (adj); fem nom sg of apagatadosa (adj); fem nom pl of apagatadosa (adj); nt nom pl of apagatadosa (adj); …

1. without fault

Built from

• apa — prefix · away, off
  Spatial prefix indicating removal or separation. Cognate with Greek apo-, Latin ab-, English off/of.
• gata — stem · gone, departed
  Past participle of √gam 'go'. Cognate with English come, Latin venire. Here marks the faults as having departed.
• dosa — root · fault, defect
  Related to √dus 'go wrong, be bad' (cognate with Greek dys-). Denotes moral or physical blemish.

Analysis. apa-gata-dosa: apa (away, off) + gata (gone, past participle of gacchati 'go') + dosa (fault, defect). Compound meaning 'faults gone away', rendered in the nominative plural as 'those free from fault'.

Etymology. apa- is the prefix 'away, off' (cognate with Greek apo-, Latin ab-, English off); gata is the past participle of √gam 'go' (cognate with English come, Latin venire); dosa derives from √dus 'go wrong, be bad' (cognate with Greek dys-). The compound portrays freedom from fault as a state in which defects have departed.

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

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