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sugato

sugata

masc nom sg of sugata (adj); masc nom sg of sugata (noun)

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
  From Indo-European *su̯e. The prefix carries the concrete sense of fitness and propriety, becoming the mark of excellence.
• gata — stem · gone, reached
  Past participle of √gam (to go, travel). Cognate with English come, German kommen, Latin venire. Here it denotes arrival or achievement.

Etymology. su- 'well, good' (from Indo-European *su̯e, cognate with Greek εὖ eu- in eulogy, Latin suāvis 'sweet') + gata 'gone, reached' (past participle of √gam 'to go', cognate with English come, Latin venire). The compound suggests one who travels the path well and reaches the goal; in the tradition, an epithet of the Buddha as the one who has completed the journey to enlightenment.

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

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