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sattaṅgasamannāgato

sattaṅgasamannāgata

masc nom sg of sattaṅgasamannāgata (adj)

1. having seven factors; endowed with seven qualities

Built from

• satta — root · seven
  Sanskrit sapta, Latin septem, English seven; Indo-European *septm̥.
• anga — root · limb, factor
  Refers to a constituent part or component element; cognate with Sanskrit anga.
• sam — prefix · together, completely
  sam- brings things into unity and completeness; cognate with English 'same', Greek homos-, Latin con-.
• an — prefix · having, with
  Adjectival prefix meaning 'furnished with' or 'endowed'; related to √ana (to have).
• gata — stem · gone, endowed
  Past participle of √gam 'go'; in combination with prefixes like sam- and an-, it takes on the sense of being endowed with or possessed of a quality.

Analysis. satta (seven) + anga (factor, limb) + sam (together) + anna (having, furnished with) + gata (gone, endowed). A compound describing one furnished completely with seven constituent factors, canonical in descriptions of the Noble Eightfold Path and stages of meditative development.

Etymology. satta 'seven' is the regular Pali form of Sanskrit sapta (cognate with Latin septem, English seven). anga 'limb, factor' derives from √anj 'to anoint, move' and refers to a constituent part (like a limb of the body). samannāgata combines sam- (together, completely) with an-agata (having-gone, endowed), where the prefix sam- transforms the root √gam (go) into the sense of possession or completeness.

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

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