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Pali
Etymology
Contraction of upādāya.
Adverb
upādā
- subsisting on something else, clinging
- Derived things, derivative
c. 50 BC, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Khandha-Vagga, Khanda-Saṃyuttaṃ; republished as M. Leon Freer, editor, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Part III: Khandha-Vagga, London: Pali Text Society, 1890, XXII (Book 1), Section 1 Mulapaññāsa, Chapter 1 Nakulapitā-Vaggo Pathamo, Sutta 8 Upādāparitassanā (2), page 18:Kathaṃ ca bhikkhave anupādā aparitassanā hoti.- And how, mendicants, does not grasping lead to freedom from anxiety?
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