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sassatisamaṁ

sassata-sama

adjective (accusative singular masculine, or nominative/accusative singular neuter), or adverbial form; appears as a compound or contracted phrase in text

1. equal to eternalism
2. akin to the view of permanence
3. eternalist doctrine

Built from

• sassata — stem · eternalism
  the metaphysical view that the atman or self is eternal and unchanging; one of the extremes in Buddhist ethics.
• samaṁ — stem · equal, alike
  from √sam 'same'; the accusative/neuter form here functions adverbially or adjectivally to mark equivalence or similarity.

Analysis. sassata (eternalism, the view that the self is permanent) + samaṁ (equal to, like, in the manner of); the phrase expresses the idea of doctrinal equivalence or similarity to the eternalist position

Etymology. sassata from Sanskrit śāśvata 'eternal, permanent' (from śāś 'to rule, endure'); sama from Indo-European *sam- 'together, same', cognate with Latin similis, English same. In Buddhist polemic, eternalism (sassata-diṭṭhi) is one of the two extremes rejected by the Middle Way.

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

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