upasammati

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Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati). By surface analysis, upa- +‎ sammati.

Verb[edit]

upasammati (root sam, third conjugation)

  1. to grow calm[1]
    • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
      4. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ 4
      යෙ තං න උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසූපසම‍්මති.
      4. Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me 4
      Ye taṃ na upanayhanti veraṃ tesūpasammati.
      He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
      Hatred subsides in those who do not nurse grudges thus.
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)
  2. to cease[1]
  3. to be settled[1]

Conjugation[edit]

  • Present active participle: upasammant, which see for forms and usage

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 532.