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saddhānusārino

saddhānusārī

masc nom pl of saddhānusārī (noun); masc acc pl of saddhānusārī (noun); masc dat sg of saddhānusārī (noun); masc gen sg of saddhānusārī (noun); …

1. who has attained the path of stream entry through faith; lit. faith follower
2. who has attained the path of stream entry though faith

Built from

• saddha — root · faith, confidence
  From Indo-European *kred- (trust, believe), appearing in Latin 'credo' and English 'credit'. Saddha denotes trust or conviction.
• anu — prefix · along, after
  Trailing behind or following a track; the same prefix appears in anussati (recollection) and anumodana (appreciation).
• sār — root · go, move
  Related to Sanskrit 'sarati' and English 'series'; conveys the sense of following or proceeding.
• ī — ending · agent noun (masc)
  Nominalizing suffix forming masculine agent nouns; -ī marks the singular stem form (nom sg would be -ī in nom masc sg).

Analysis. saddha (faith) + anusārī (follower); compound noun. A follower distinguished by faith as the predominant faculty on the path to stream-entry.

Etymology. saddha from √śrad (Sanskrit śraddhā), trust or confidence; anu-sārī from anu (along, after) + √sar (to go, move), meaning one who goes along after or follows. The prefix anu- preserves the concrete imagery of trailing behind or following a track. Related to English 'series' and Latin 'serere' (to join, follow in sequence). The compound describes a disciple whose progress is led by faith rather than wisdom.

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

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