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saccasandho

saccasandha

masc nom sg of saccasandha (adj)

1. true to one's word; reliable; lit. united with truth

Built from

• sacca — root · truth
  From √sac 'to associate, accompany'; related to Sanskrit satya. Truth as that which holds together (to which one adheres).
• sandha — stem · union, joining
  From √syadh 'to join, bind'; cognate with English solder, Latin solidus. Spatial sense of joining/uniting carries into the meaning of concord and coherence.
• -a — ending · masc nom sg
  Nominative singular masculine ending, marking the subject form of the adjective.

Analysis. saccasandha = sacca (truth) + sandha (union, joining); literally 'joined with truth', hence one whose word is reliable because it is bound to truth.

Etymology. sacca from √sac (to associate, accompany; related to Sanskrit satya 'true'), and sandha from √syadh (to join, bind; cognate with English solder, Latin solidus). The compound embodies the doctrinal ideal that truth-speaking and reliability flow from inner unity with the dharma.

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

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