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sammāsambuddhassa

sammāsambuddha

masc dat sg of sammāsambuddha (noun); masc gen sg of sammāsambuddha (noun)

1. perfectly awakened Buddha; fully enlightened being

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Bringing things into one unified understanding; cognate with English 'same' and Latin 'simul'.
• sammā — prefix · rightly, perfectly, in the right way
  Intensifying prefix emphasizing correct or perfect manner; derived from samam 'equally, rightly'.
• budh — root · awaken, understand
  The root of knowing and waking; cognate with English 'bode' (to be aware of) and German 'Gebot' (command, something known).
• a — ending · masculine nominative stem
  Masculine singular stem-forming suffix; in genitive singular -ssa marks possession.
• ssa — ending · genitive singular
  Genitive case ending marking possession or relation; here indicating 'of the perfectly awakened one'

Analysis. sammā (rightly, perfectly) + sambuddha (fully awakened); sambuddha itself breaks down as sam- (together, completely) + buddha (awakened, from √budh), so the full sense is 'completely and rightly awakened together with all truth'

Etymology. sam + buddha from √budh 'to awaken, understand'; sam- is cognate with English 'same' and Latin 'simul' (together); buddha is cognate with English 'bode' (archaic, 'to await, know') and German 'bieten' — the root sense of 'waking to knowledge' — Sanskrit buddhi; the prefix sammā- adds the sense of 'in the right way, perfectly'

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

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