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sādhusammato

sādhusammata

masc nom sg of sādhusammata (adj)

1. well regarded; respected (by); lit. considered good

Built from

• sādhu — root · good, virtuous
  From √sad meaning to sit, settle, be suitable; carries the sense of what befits or is proper. Cognates: English sit, Sanskrit sadhu.
• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings things into one, here intensifying deliberation. Works like Latin con-; cognate with English same.
• man — root · think, measure, judge
  Cognates: English man (one who measures/thinks), Latin mens (mind), Sanskrit manyate (thinks).
• ta — ending · past participle
  Forms the adjective meaning 'thought, deemed, considered'; agrees with the nominative masculine singular subject.

Analysis. sādhu (good, virtuous) + sammata (considered, deemed) — a past participle compound meaning 'deemed good' or 'considered virtuous by (someone)'.

Etymology. sādhu from √sad (sit, settle, be suitable — whence Sanskrit sadhu 'virtuous', English sit); sammata from sam + √man (think, measure — whence English man, Latin mens, Sanskrit manyate 'thinks'). The prefix sam- ('together, completely') intensifies the sense of deliberation: 'thought through together' hence 'judged, deemed'.

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

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