bhagavatā

bhagavant

masc instr sg of bhagavant (noun); masc abl sg of bhagavant (noun); masc instr sg of bhagavant (adj); nt instr sg of bhagavant (adj); …

bhagavatā (masc): by the Buddha; with the Buddha
bhagavant (masc): Sublime One; Blessed One; Fortunate One; Auspicious One; epithet of the Buddha; lit. having good fortune quality
bhagavant (adj): fortunate; lit. having good fortune quality

Built from

bhaga — root · fortune, prosperity
From Indo-European *bhag- 'to divide, allot'; related to Sanskrit bhāga 'share, portion' and Greek phagein 'to eat' (one's share). The concrete sense of 'allotted portion' shifted to 'good fortune, prosperity'.
vant — ending · possessing, having
Nominal suffix forming adjectives and nouns meaning 'one who has' or 'possessed of'. Cognate with Latin -ventus and related to English 'want' in the sense of 'lack' (the opposite pole of having). Here it creates an agent noun: 'one having fortune'.

Etymology. bhaga- (fortune, share, prosperity) + -vant (possessing). The root bhaga- relates to Sanskrit bhaga (portion, fortune, god of wealth), from an Indo-European root *bhag- (to divide, distribute, allot). The suffix -vant (-वन्त्) means 'having' or 'possessed of' (like Latin -ventus in eventus, or English -want in cognates). Bhagavant literally means 'the possessor of fortune' or 'fortunate one', and became the standard epithet of the Buddha in the Pali Canon.

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

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