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tejogataṁ

tejogata

accusative singular of tejogata, adjective; could also resolve as neuter accusative singular form or as a compound accusative form

1. gone to/consisting of fire-element
2. (in cosmology) the fire-realm or fire-condition

Built from

• tejo — root · fire-element, heat
  Sense of brightness, heat, and digestive power. Cognate with Greek tek- (shine); used in abhidhamma for one of the four mahābhūta (great elements).
• gataṁ — stem · gone, arrived at
  Past participle of gacchati (go). The accusative ending -ṁ marks the object or complement here, making the whole phrase express a destination or state reached.

Analysis. tejogataṁ = tejo (fire-element, from √taj) + gataṁ (gone, arrived at; past participle of gacchati). A dvandva or determinative compound: 'having gone to fire' or 'fire-become', used in Pali cosmology for beings reborn in fire-realms or in states of heat/burning (cf. tejo-dhātu 'fire-element').

Etymology. tejo (cognate with Greek derkhomai 'to see, look, shine'; underlying sense of brightness/heat); gata from gacchati (√gam), cognate with English 'come', Latin 'venio'. The compound imagery is spatial: 'arrival at the fire-state', used in rebirth cosmology.

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

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