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sakadāgāmino

sakadāgāmī

masc nom pl of sakadāgāmī (adj); masc acc pl of sakadāgāmī (adj); masc dat sg of sakadāgāmī (adj); nt dat sg of sakadāgāmī (adj); …

1. returning (only) once; who has attained the second stage of the path

Built from

• saka — root · one
  From *sem-, meaning 'one' or 'alone'; cognate with Latin semel 'once', English same, Sanskrit eka. The sense here is 'single, solitary, only once.'
• dā — prefix · again, once more
  An adverbial particle reinforcing the sense of recurrence or repetition; related to Sanskrit dā and to the notion of 'passing' or 'repeating' in time.
• gāmī — stem · going, one who goes
  Derived from √gam 'go' (cognate with English come, Latin venire, Greek βαίνειν bainein). The suffix -ī forms the agent noun, making it 'he/she who goes.' In compounds it denotes the subject of an action.

Analysis. saka + dā + gāmī: 'one who goes (gāmī) only once (saka) more (dā). A technical term of the Four Paths denoting the Sakadāgāmī-phala, the fruit of the second ariyan attainment, wherein rebirth is limited to a single return to the sensuous realm.

Etymology. saka 'one' (from Old Indo-European *sem- 'one, together', cognate with Latin semel 'once', English same); dā 'again, once more' (adverbial particle, compare Sanskrit dā, related to Latin dare 'give' in the sense of 'deal out'); gāmī 'going, one who goes' (from √gam 'go', cognate with English come, Latin venire). The compound crystallized early in Buddhist Pali as a fixed label for a stage of spiritual progress.

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

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