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samatikkamā

samatikkama

masc nom pl of samatikkama (noun); masc instr sg of samatikkama (noun); masc abl sg of samatikkama (noun); masc voc sg of samatikkama (noun); …

1. samatikkama (masc): surpassing; overcoming (of); going beyond; transcendence
2. samatikkami (aor): passed over, transcended, removed

Built from

• sama — root · equal, level
  From Sanskrit sama, cognate with English 'same'. The concrete image is of a level surface or mind unperturbed.
• ati — prefix · over, beyond
  Spatial prefix meaning to go past a boundary or exceed a limit; used here to intensify the sense of transcendence.
• kam — root · go, move
  Root meaning motion or passing; cognate with Sanskrit √kam-.
• a — ending · nominalizing suffix
  Forms a masculine action noun (gerund-like) from the verbal root, indicating the act or state of surpassing.

Analysis. samatikkama is a nominal compound: sama- (equal, even, level) + atikkama (surpassing, transgression). The sense is transcendence through evenness—reaching a state of mind where all obstacles are surmounted by equanimity; in the Abhidhamma, it denotes the overcoming of lower mental states.

Etymology. atikkama derives from ati- (over, beyond, past the mark—the concrete image of exceeding a limit) + kamati (to go), cognate with Sanskrit √kam- and Latin cognates of motion. The prefix sama- means 'equal' or 'level', from Sanskrit sama, likely cognate with English 'same' and Greek homoios (similar). Together, sama-atikkama literally means 'equal-transcendence' or 'transcendence by evenness'.

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

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