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dukkhānupatitaddhagū

masc nom sg of dukkhānupatitaddhagū (noun); masc nom pl of dukkhānupatitaddhagū (noun); masc acc pl of dukkhānupatitaddhagū (noun); masc voc sg of dukkhānupatitaddhagū (noun); …

1. a traveller who is afflicted with suffering; a wayfarer stricken by pain

Built from

• dukkha — root · suffering, pain
  du- (bad, hard) + kha (hollow, void). Dukkha is the first of the Four Noble Truths, pointing to unsatisfactoriness inherent in conditioned existence.
• anu — prefix · along, following
  Spatial imagery of trailing behind or following a track; here suggesting that suffering pursues or dogs the wayfarer. Cognate with Greek ana- (along, up through).
• patita — stem · fallen, afflicted
  Past participle of patati (to fall, strike); indicates the state of being struck or pursued by suffering.
• tad — root · that, such
  Demonstrative pronoun; here functioning as a classifier within the compound.
• dhagū — stem · wayfarer, wanderer
  From √gam/√gacch- (to go); dhagū denotes one who travels or wanders, a journeyer.

Analysis. Compound of dukkha (suffering) + anupatita (afflicted, pursued by) + taddhagū (wayfarer, wanderer); literally 'suffering-followed wayfarer' — one whom suffering dogs along the road.

Etymology. dukkha from du- (bad, hard, gone wrong; cf. Greek dys-) + kha (from √khan 'to dig, hollow out', hence 'empty space, void'); anupatita from anu- (following along; cf. Greek ana-) + patita (fallen, struck); taddhagū from tad (that) + dhagū (wayfarer, from √gam 'to go', related to Sanskrit √gacch-), a Pali compound noun meaning 'that goer' or 'such a traveller'.

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

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