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cunda

masc voc sg of cunda (noun)

1. name of a monk
2. name of the lay disciple who gave Buddha his last meal; lit. smith
3. name of a monk; Cunda the Novice; (comm) Sāriputta's youngest brother
4. smith; metalworker

Built from

• cund- — root · strike, beat, shape
  The verbal root meaning to strike or beat metal in forging. Found in Sanskrit cud- and cognate with Latin cudere (strike, beat).
• -a — ending · masculine nominative/vocative
  Masculine singular ending forming agent nouns and nominals; in vocative address here.

Etymology. From √cud- (to beat, strike, shape by hammering), the agent noun cunda- (one who beats metal) is cognate with Sanskrit cunda- and related to Latin cudere (to strike, beat) and Old English *cweorran (to grind, crush). The concrete image of striking and shaping metal lies behind the occupational name; compare Latin faber (smith) from fabere (to make).

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

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