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saññāgataṁ

saññāgata

accusative singular masculine past participle of saññāgacchati; alternative reading of saññāgataṁ as nom. sg. masc.

1. having reached/arrived at perception
2. arrived at sensation
3. conscious

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Brings things into a unified whole; here, the gathering of sense-impressions into awareness.
• jñā — root · know, perceive
  From Indo-European *ǵen- (to know, perceive); cognate with English "know" and Greek gnosis.
• gata — ending · gone, arrived
  Past participle of gacchati (go); marks the perception as having come together or crystallized in consciousness.

Analysis. saññā (perception, sensation) + gata (gone, arrived); the perception has arrived at or is associated with the object or mind.

Etymology. saññā from sam- (together) + √jñā (know, perceive), thus saṁ-jñāta "co-perceived, collectively known"; gata is the past participle of gacchati "go." The compound means perception that has come together or crystallized.

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

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