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bhagavantaṁyeva

bhagavant

accusative singular masculine of bhagavant, with enclitic -yeva (emphatic particle meaning 'precisely, just') attached; surface form is a contraction showing sandhi

1. the Blessed One (epithet of the Buddha)
2. the Fortunate One
3. lord

Built from

• bhaga — root · fortune, share
  The root refers to one's allotted lot or divine favor; bhagavant predicates supreme good fortune.
• vant — ending · having, endowed with
  Possessive adjectival suffix forming 'one having X'; here creates the epithet 'fortune-endowed.'
• aṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Marks the masculine singular object in the accusative case.
• yeva — ending · emphatic particle
  Enclitic combination emphasizing the preceding word; 'just, precisely, only' — heightens focus on the Blessed One as the object of devotion or reference.

Analysis. bhagavantaṁ (accusative of bhagavant) + yeva (emphatic particle 'just, precisely'); the enclitic emphasizes the accusative object, often translatable as 'the Blessed One himself' or 'precisely the Blessed One'

Etymology. bhagavant is from bhaga- 'fortune, share, lord' (related to Sanskrit bhaga, ultimately from PIE *bʰag- 'to distribute') + -vant (possessive suffix 'having, endowed with'), hence 'one endowed with fortune.' The particle yeva is from eva 'truly' + the enclitic marker, reinforcing focus.

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

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