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sahadhammikaṁ

sadhammika

accusative singular masculine of sadhammika (adjective); or accusative singular neuter of sadhammikam (noun)

1. of the same dharma or doctrine
2. fellow-follower, peer in the dhamma

Built from

• saha — root · with, together
  Concrete sense of being alongside; same root as English 'same' and Sanskrit saha. Marks companionship and common purpose.
• dhamma — stem · doctrine, dharma
  The Buddhist teaching or natural law; from √dhṛ 'to hold, bear'. In the compound it refers to the common dhamma shared among practitioners.
• -ika — ending · pertaining to
  Adjectival suffix forming adjectives from nouns, here making 'pertaining to the same dhamma'.
• -ṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Marks the accusative case, singular number; used when the word is the direct object of a verb or predicate adjective.

Analysis. sahadhammikaṁ = saha- (with, together) + dhamma (doctrine, law, dharma) + -ika (adjective suffix, 'pertaining to'). The word denotes sharing the same dhamma, hence 'of the same faith' or 'fellow in the doctrine'.

Etymology. saha is cognate with Sanskrit saha (with) and English same, Greek homos (from the same Indo-European root *sems- 'one, same'). dhamma comes from Sanskrit dharma, from √dhṛ 'to hold, bear'. The concrete sense is 'that which is held or sustained'; in Buddhist usage it means the doctrine or teaching held in common.

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

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