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saṅgahaṁ

saṅgaha

accusative singular masculine of saṅgaha (noun)

1. support, sustenance
2. collection, grouping
3. means of binding together

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Things brought into one; the concrete sense of collecting multiple elements becomes the abstract sense of unity and binding-together.
• grah — root · take, seize
  The action of grasping or collecting; combines with saṁ to express the gathering of disparate items into a coherent whole.
• a — stem · nominalizer
  Derives an abstract noun from the verbal root, creating the notion of the action itself as a thing.
• ṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Object case marking; indicates that saṅgaha is the direct object of a verb in this clause.

Analysis. saṁ + √grah, 'taking together': the bringing of things into one, hence what gathers or holds things as a unit.

Etymology. saṁ (together) + √grah (seize, take, collect). The spatial sense of 'gathering into one' evolves into the abstract sense of 'support' and 'cohesion'. Cognate: Latin congero 'gather together'.

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

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