sauttaraṁ

suttara

accusative singular neuter of suttara, or adverbial form (resolving spelling sauttaraṁ to suttara)

by or through the suttas (teachings)
according to scripture

Built from

su — prefix · well, good
Cognate with Greek eu-; concretely, something rightly oriented or excellent.
uttara — stem · higher, further, passed
From ut- 'out' + -tara (comparative); means 'higher' or 'further-along', here 'what-is-passed' (the transmitted teaching).

Analysis. su- (well, good) + uttara (higher, further, subsequent) — 'well-gone-beyond' or 'well-passed-through', used in canonical contexts to mean 'by way of the higher teachings' or 'scripturally'.

Etymology. su- (well, cognate with Greek eu-) + uttara (from ut- 'out' + -tara comparative suffix); literally 'well-passed', idiomatically 'by scripture'.

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

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