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sumedhoti

sumedha

adj or n; nominative singular masculine or nom. sg. formed with -ti suffix (occasionally used as an invariable epithet or name)

1. wise; sage
2. wise man; sage
3. name of the ascetic who eventually became the Buddha Gotama
4. name of the 14th previous Buddha; lit. good wisdom

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• su — prefix · well, good
  From IE *su-; same root as Greek eu- (eulogy). Adds excellence or ease to what follows.
• medha — root · wisdom, counsel
  From √mandh- 'to think'; cognate with Sanskrit medha and distantly English 'mind'. The concrete sense is mental sharpness or discernment.
• ti — ending · nominative marker
  Nominative singular masculine ending, or emphatic/predicative suffix; here marks the nominative singular form or emphasizes the epithet/name.

Analysis. sumedha + ti: sumedha (adj/n 'wise, good-wisdom') + ti (nom. sg. masc. ending or suffix used predicatively/nominally)

Etymology. su- (well, good; from IE *su-, source of Greek eu- 'good', as in eulogy) + medha (wisdom, counsel; from √mandh- 'to think', cognate with Sanskrit medha 'wisdom', and distantly English 'mind'). The compound su-medha literally means 'well-wisdom', hence 'one possessed of good wisdom', a sage.

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

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