upasammati

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Etymology

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

Verb

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, 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

Conjugation of "upasammati"
SingularPlural
Present
1stupasammāmiupasammāma
2ndupasammasiupasammatha
3rdupasammatiupasammanti
Imperative
1stupasammāmiupasammāma
2ndupasamma or upasammāhiupasammatha
3rdupasammatuupasammantu
  • Present active participle: upasammant, which see for forms and usage

References

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