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dukkhassantakaro

dukkhassantakara

masc nom sg of dukkhassantakara (adj)

1. who makes an end of suffering

Built from

• dukkha — root · suffering
  du- (bad, gone wrong, from PIE *dus-) + a suffix; the prefix du- conveys the sense of difficulty and malfunction that marks the core experience of non-enlightenment.
• ssa — ending · genitive
  Genitive case ending in masculine singular, marking dukkha as the object whose end is made.
• anta — root · end, termination
  From PIE *h₂end- 'to end, close', cognate with English and (marking the endpoint of a series) and Latin ante (before, marking a boundary).
• kara — root · maker, doing
  From √kar 'to make, do', cognate with English craft and Latin creare 'to create'; kara as a suffix means 'one who makes or does'.

Analysis. dukkhassa (genitive of dukkha, suffering) + anta (end) + kara (making, doing); literally 'making the end of suffering', one who terminates suffering.

Etymology. dukkha (suffering) from du- (bad, hard, gone wrong; from PIE *dus-) + -kkha (suffix); anta (end) from PIE *h₂end- 'close, be near', cognate with English and and Latin ante; kara (making) from √kar (to make, do), cognate with English craft and Latin creare.

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

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