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samāgatāni

samāgata

nt nom pl of samāgata (pp); nt acc pl of samāgata (pp); nt voc pl of samāgata (pp)

1. gathered; assembled; met
2. endowed (with); having; possessing; lit. going with

Built from

• sam — prefix · together
  Things brought into one; works like Latin con-. Cognates: English 'same', Greek homo-, Latin similis.
• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Reverses motion verbs, turning outward motion inward. Cognates: Sanskrit ā; no common European cognate.
• gam — root · go, come
  Cognates: English 'come', Latin 'venio', Sanskrit 'gam-'.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks completed action or state; here with neuter plural agreement.

Analysis. sam- + ā- + √gam + -ta: 'brought together toward (a place)', hence assembled or gathered; in doctrinal contexts, endowed with or possessed of (qualities gathered into one).

Etymology. sam- (together, with, completely — things brought into one; cognate with English 'same', Greek homo-, Latin similis) + ā- (toward the speaker, up to and until — reverses motion verbs) combine to reverse and complete the motion of √gam 'go' (cognate with English 'come', Latin 'venio', Sanskrit 'gam-'). The past participle -ta marks a completed state. The prefix pair sam-ā- creates the sense of converging toward a central point, hence assembly or gathering.

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

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