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sugatā

sugata

masc nom pl of sugata (adj); fem nom sg of sugata (adj); fem nom pl of sugata (adj); nt nom pl of sugata (adj); …

1. faring well; going well; doing well; fortunate; who has reached the destination; lit. well gone
2. Accomplished One; Fortunate One; epithet of the Buddha; lit. well gone
3. standard; commonly accepted; (comm) indication that a given measure is to be multiplied by three; lit. well-gone

Built from

• su- — prefix · well, good
  Cognate with Greek eu- (eulogy, euthanasia). The concrete sense 'easily, smoothly' gives rise to the abstract 'well, fortunately'.
• gata — stem · gone, past
  Past participle of gacchati (go). Literally 'having gone'; here, 'having gone (to the goal)' in the doctrinal sense of reaching Nibbāna.

Etymology. su- (well, good) + gata (gone, past participle of gacchati). The word is a compound of the prefix su- (cognate with Greek eu- from the same Indo-European root) and gata 'gone', literally 'well-gone'. In Buddhist usage, it signifies one who has gone well to the goal; an epithet of the Buddha emphasizing his successful journey to enlightenment.

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

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