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sambuddhena

sambuddha

masc instr sg of sambuddha (noun); masc instr sg of sambuddha (pp); nt instr sg of sambuddha (pp)

1. Awakened One; Buddha; who is wide awake; who has completely understood
2. fully understood; completely comprehended; awakened; enlightened

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Spatial: things brought into one. Becomes abstract completeness, totality. Cognates: English same, Latin similis, Greek homo-.
• budh — root · awake, understand
  To perceive clearly, come to know. Related to Sanskrit bodhi 'awakening'. Cognate with English 'bode' and Greek pythesthai 'inquire'.
• a — ending · past participle marker
  Forms the masculine singular nominative of the past participle, marking a completed action as a property or state.

Analysis. saṁ + budjha (past participle of √budh 'awake, understand'): 'together-awakened', the prefix saṁ intensifying the sense of complete, thorough awakening across all aspects of reality.

Etymology. From saṁ- (together, completely; cognate with English 'same', Latin similis, Greek homo-) + √budh (awake, understand; related to Sanskrit bodhi, cognate with English 'bode' as in 'presage', and Greek pythesthai 'inquire'). The spatial sense of saṁ ('things brought into one') becomes the sense of total, unified awakening. In Buddhist doctrine, sambuddha denotes the Buddha's complete awakening to the Four Noble Truths and the nature of all phenomena.

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

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