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pattadhammo

pattadhamma

masc nom sg of pattadhamma (adj)

1. who has attained the Dhamma

Built from

• patta — stem · attained, gained
  Past participle of pappoti (√pad). The root √pad means to reach or obtain; compare Latin patere 'to lie open' and Greek piptō 'to fall (upon), befall'.
• dhamma — root · Dhamma, doctrine
  From Sanskrit dharma (compare Latin firmus 'firm', Greek thronos 'seat, support'), but in Pali specifically the Buddha's teaching and the law it reveals. The compound treats dhamma as the object attained.

Analysis. patta (past participle of pappoti, 'attained') + dhamma (doctrine, law); literally 'attained-doctrine', one for whom the Dhamma has become real.

Etymology. patta from √pad 'to reach, obtain' (Sanskrit prāp-, Latin pando 'spread'); dhamma from Sanskrit dharma (compare English form, Greek morphē), the term for Dhamma as lived reality rather than abstract principle.

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

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