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sugatena
sugata
masc instr sg of sugata (adj); nt instr sg of sugata (adj); masc instr sg of sugata (noun)
- faring well; going well; doing well; fortunate; who has reached the destination; lit. well gone
- Accomplished One; Fortunate One; epithet of the Buddha; lit. well gone
- standard; commonly accepted; (comm) indication that a given measure is to be multiplied by three; lit. well-gone
Built from
- su — prefix · well, good
From Indo-European *su-, cognate with Greek εὖ (eu-) in eulogy, euphoria. Marks excellence and ease.
- gata — stem · gone, reached
Past participle of √gam 'to go', cognate with English come, Latin venio. The concrete sense of having journeyed well to a destination underlies the epithet.
- ena — ending · instr sg
Instrumental singular ending (-ena/-e), marking the agent or means in instrumental case function here.
Etymology. su- 'well, good' (from Indo-European *su- cognate with Greek εὖ eu-) + gata 'gone, reached' (past participle of √gam 'to go'). The image is of one who has journeyed well to the destination—applied preeminently to the Buddha as having reached Awakening. Sanskrit sugata.