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kūṭāgāre

kūṭāgāra

nt acc pl of kūṭāgāra (noun); nt loc sg of kūṭāgāra (noun); masc acc pl of kūṭāgāra (adj); nt acc pl of kūṭāgāra (adj); …

1. building with a peaked roof; lit. peaked building
2. catafalque; pavillion for a corpse; lit. peaked building
3. with a peaked roof

Built from

• kūṭa — root · peak, ridge
  Denotes the peaked or ridge-like form of the roof. The concrete imagery is of something pointed or peaked at the top.
• āgāra — stem · house, dwelling
  From √gṛ 'hold, seize'; the dwelling as a place occupied and held. The final -a marks the neuter gender in the citation form.

Analysis. kūṭa 'peak, ridge' + āgāra 'house'; a house with a peaked or ridge roof, typically the monk's quarters or a structure for a corpse at funeral rites.

Etymology. kūṭa is of uncertain origin but denotes the peaked or ridge-like top; āgāra derives from √gṛ 'to seize, hold' (Sanskrit gṛha 'house', Greek agora 'gathering-place'), originally 'that which is seized or occupied', hence 'dwelling'. The compound is attested in Pali texts with consistent meaning in monastic and funeral contexts.

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

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