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ekāgārikaṁ

ekāgārika

adjective, accusative singular masculine; or noun, accusative singular

1. one-pointed
2. concentrated (mind)
3. single-focused

Built from

• eka — root · one
  The numeral one, from Indo-European *oino-; cognate with English one, Latin unus, Greek hen.
• āgāra — stem · house, abode
  Derived from √gṛ (to make, dwell); the concrete image of a single dwelling serves metaphorically for mental focus.
• ika — ending · pertaining to
  Adjectival suffix forming ekāgārika, "pertaining to one house/focus"; marks the accusative singular masculine form.
• ṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Masculine accusative ending, marking this word as the direct object of a verb.

Analysis. eka- (one) + āgāra (house, focus, abode) + -ika (pertaining to), literally "of or in one house"; used metaphorically of mental unification, where scattered thoughts are gathered into a single focus, like gathering many into one dwelling.

Etymology. eka from Indo-European *oino- (one; cognate with English "one", Latin "unus"); āgāra from √gṛ (house; cognate with Latin "hortus" garden, Greek "chōros" enclosure). The compound yokes the numerical with the spatial: one-ness concentrated as a single abode or focal point.

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

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