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nibbānagamanaṁ

nibbānagamana

accusative singular masculine of the compound nibbānagamana (adjective / noun)

1. leading to nirvana
2. conducive to nirvana
3. the path to nirvana

Built from

• ni- — prefix · out, away
  Spatial prefix marking cessation or withdrawal. In nibbāna, it combines with vāna to evoke the image of a flame extinguished.
• bbān- — stem · blown out, extinguished
  From √vā "to blow"; nibbāna is the extinction of greed, hatred, and delusion—cessation of dukkha.
• gaman- — stem · going, path
  From √gam "to go"; gamana denotes the action or means of going, here applied figuratively to spiritual practice.
• -aṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Object case ending marking the accusative singular masculine form, used when the word is the direct object of a verb or governed preposition.

Analysis. nibbāna (nirvana, the extinguishing) + gamana (going, path; from √gam "to go"). A descriptive compound: "going toward nirvana" or "that which leads to nirvana."

Etymology. nibbāna < Skt. nirvāṇa: nis- (out, away) + vāna (blowing, from √vā "to blow"), lit. "the fire blown out"; gamana < √gam, cognate with English "come" and Greek βαίνω (baínō). The compound expresses the doctrinal goal—the path or practice that conduces to the cessation of suffering.

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

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