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samaṅgībhūto

samaṅgībhūta

masc nom sg of samaṅgībhūta (adj)

1. endowed; provided (with); possessing

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings elements into one: 'things brought together into unity'. Works like Latin con-.
• aṅg — root · limb, part
  From PIE *h₂enǵ- meaning 'narrow, tight'; specialized to 'joint' and 'limb'. Concrete image of body parts fitting together, extended to 'constituent elements'.
• i — stem · forming adj base
  Suffix creating adjective stem from noun aṅga.
• bhūt — root · become, was
  √bhū 'to be', cognate with English be. Past participle -a becomes adjectival 'endowed with, furnished with'.
• a — ending · masc nom sg
  Nominative singular masculine ending in -a, marking the subject state.

Analysis. sam- + aṅgi + -bhūta: 'brought together into (having) limbs/parts', i.e. furnished with all requisite constituents or accompaniments. The second member aṅgi derives from aṅga 'limb, part, constituent element' (used in compounds to mean 'equipped with' or 'possessed of'); -bhūta is the past participle of bhavati 'become', here adjectival. The word describes something complete in its parts or fully furnished.

Etymology. sam- (together, completely) + aṅga (limb, part, element; Sanskrit aṅga, from PIE *h₂enǵ- 'narrow, tight', the sense of 'joint' or 'fitting part' evolved to 'limb') + bhūta (become, from √bhū 'to be'; Sanskrit bhūta, cognate with English be). The prefix sam- carries the sense of bringing parts into unity; aṅga evokes the concrete image of a body's limbs or the components that fit together; together they create the sense of 'complete, equipped, furnished'.

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

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