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sakkāyotipi

sakkāya

nominative singular masculine (reading sakkāyo as nom. sg.), or accusative singular masculine sakkāyaṁ with enclitic -pi 'also, even'; surface form appears to be sakkāyo + -ti (possibly a scribal or sandhi variant) + -pi

1. the body as a collection of aggregates
2. personality view, belief in a permanent self

Built from

• sat- — prefix · being, existing
  From √as 'to be'; shows the illusion of a permanent existent entity. Cognate: Latin esse, English is.
• kāya — root · body, aggregate
  The collection of the five skandhas (form, sensation, perception, mental formations, consciousness). Derived from √kri 'to make/form'.
• -ti — ending · marker (possibly scribal)
  Unclear inflection in this surface form; may be a textual variant or sandhi residue.
• -pi — ending · even, also (enclitic)
  Emphasizes or marks the nominative or accusative noun for topical contrast.

Analysis. sakkāya is a contraction or compound: sat- (being, existing) + kāya (body); -ti is likely a residual marker or scribal notation; -pi is the enclitic particle 'also, even'. The term is used doctrinally to denote the five aggregates (skandhas) viewed as a unified self, the root of sakkāyadiṭṭhi 'personality view' or 'self-illusion'.

Etymology. sakkāya < sat-kāya: sat- from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- 'to be' (English 'is', Latin 'esse'), kāya 'body' from √kri 'to make' (cf. Sanskrit kṛ-, Latin creare). The doctrine teaches that the apparent 'body-self' is a false grouping of impermanent processes; this illusion is one of the three fetters severed at stream-entry (sotāpatti).

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

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