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saṅghātaṁ

saṅghāta

accusative singular masculine of saṅghāta

1. collision, clash
2. impact, striking together
3. aggregation, mass

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Bringing things into contact or union. Shows the concrete image of collision or gathering.
• ghan — root · strike, hit
  To beat or strike. Cognate with Latin frangere (break) from Indo-European *ghen-.
• ta — ending · nominalized
  Converts the verbal root into a noun (masculine); -aṁ marks the accusative singular, the object of a verb.

Analysis. saṁ + √ghan (strike, hit): the coming together of things striking each other, or a massed impact.

Etymology. From saṁ- (together) + √ghan (to strike, beat), with nominal suffix -ta. The prefix saṁ- shows things brought into contact; √ghan is cognate with Latin frangere (break) via the Indo-European root *ghen-. The abstract noun sense of 'collision' or 'aggregation' emerges from the concrete image of things striking together.

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

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