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samodhānaṁ

samodhāna

accusative singular masculine of samodhāna (noun)

1. collection
2. gathering together
3. unified arrangement

Built from

• sam — prefix · together
  The prefix sam- expresses completeness and unity, things brought into one. It cognates with Latin con- and English 'same'.
• udhā — stem · place, put
  From the root √dhā, meaning to place or put. This stem combines with sam- to express the action of placing or gathering things together.
• na — ending · noun-forming
  Nominative stem-former; -ṁ is the accusative singular masculine ending, marking the object of a verb or governed noun.

Analysis. sam- (together) + udhāna (from √dhā 'to place, put'), literally 'placing together'; originally a term for the unified arrangement of elements or items.

Etymology. The prefix sam- (together, with, completely) + the root √dhā (to place, put). The concrete image is of things brought into one place, a collection or assembly. Related to Sanskrit saṁ-dhāna and to English 'same' (both from the same Indo-European root meaning 'one, together').

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

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