ekamantaṁ

ekamanta

indeclinable (accusative singular neuter form); or adverbial locative

to one side, apart
aside, in private
separately, individually

Built from

eka — root · one
From PIE *oi-ko-. Means the numeral one and also 'single, alone'.
manta — stem · side, direction
From √man 'to measure, think'. Originally a measured section of space, hence a side or direction. The suffix -ta marks the abstract noun.

Analysis. eka (one) + manta (side, direction); from the root √man meaning 'to think' or 'to measure', here meaning a measured portion or side of space.

Etymology. eka 'one' (from PIE *oi-ko-, related to English 'one' and Latin 'unus') compounds with manta, which derives from √man 'measure, think'. The phrase originally meant 'to the one side' or 'along one measured direction', used of physical separation and then of deliberate withdrawal into privacy for conversation or reflection.

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

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