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brahmapattassa

brahmapatta

masc dat sg of brahmapatta (adj); nt dat sg of brahmapatta (adj); masc gen sg of brahmapatta (adj); nt gen sg of brahmapatta (adj)

1. who has attained holiness; become divine; (comm) become foremost

Built from

• brahma- — root · Brahman
  The neuter noun denoting the highest, most expanded consciousness. Cognate with Latin frondis (leaf, fronds) and Sanskrit bṛhat (great) from √bṛh 'to expand, grow'.
• patta — stem · reached, attained
  Past participle of √pad 'to go, reach, arrive'. Cognate with Latin pēs (foot), English foot, German Pfad (path), all from the same Indo-European root for 'foot' as the fundamental marker of arrival or destination.

Analysis. brahmā (Brahman, the highest state) + patta (reached, attained), a past participle compound meaning 'one who has reached Brahman'; the dative/genitive suffix -ssa marks the surface form.

Etymology. brahmapatta compounds the neuter brahmā (Brahman) with patta, the past participle of √pad (Latin pēdis 'foot' > pedate, pedestal; English 'foot'; German Pfad 'path'; Sanskrit pad-). The image is of having reached or arrived at the highest spiritual state. Brahmā itself derives from √bṛh 'to expand, grow' (Latin frondis 'leaf, fronds'; Sanskrit bṛhat 'great, extensive'), the Brahman being the fullest, most expanded consciousness.

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

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