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thāmagato

thāmagata

masc nom sg of thāmagata (adj)

1. become strong; become fixed; become entrenched
2. obstinate

Built from

• thāma — root · strength, firmness
  From thāman; related to Sanskrit sthāman and the Indo-European root *steh₂- 'stand', seen also in English 'stand' and Latin 'stare'. The concrete image is solidity and stability.
• gata — ending · gone, become
  Past participle of √gam 'go'; here used to form an adjective meaning 'having become' or 'fixed in'. This ending marks the person or thing as having entered into the state denoted by the stem.

Analysis. thāma- (root, from thāman 'strength, firmness') + -gata (past participle suffix 'gone, become'), literally 'gone into strength'; used of one who has become fixed or rooted in a state, especially stubbornness or entrenchment.

Etymology. Compound of thāman (strength, firmness; cognate with Sanskrit sthāman 'standing-place, firmness', from Indo-European *steh₂- 'to stand', same root as English 'stand', Latin 'stare') and gata (past participle of gam 'go'). The image is of moving into or being grounded in strength and fixity.

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

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