dhammabhūto

dhammabhūta

masc nom sg of dhammabhūta (adj)

understanding the reality; lit. become the Dhamma

Built from

dhamma — root · Dhamma, teaching, reality
From Sanskrit dharma (√dhṛ 'to hold'). The concrete imagery is 'what holds' or 'what supports' — the law or teaching that upholds the cosmos and liberation.
bhūta — stem · become, arisen
Past participle of bhavati (√bhū 'to become'). Cognate with Sanskrit bhavati, English 'be', Latin fui. Marks transition into a state or condition.

Analysis. dhamma (Pali reality, law, teaching) + bhūta (become, arisen as past participle of bhavati). Literally 'become-Dhamma' or 'arisen-as-the-teaching': applied to one who has so thoroughly internalized the Buddha's doctrine that they embody it, especially in relation to the arahant or one established in the fruits of the path.

Etymology. bhūta is the past participle of bhavati (√bhū 'to become'), cognate with Sanskrit bhavati and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (English 'be', Latin fui 'was'). Dhamma (Pali: teaching, law, reality) reflects Sanskrit dharma, from √dhṛ 'to hold, support', cognate with English 'firm' and Greek θέσις 'position'.

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

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