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anupavādakā

anupavādaka

masc nom pl of anupavādaka (noun); masc instr sg of anupavādaka (noun); masc abl sg of anupavādaka (noun); masc voc sg of anupavādaka (noun); …

1. who does not blame; who does not insult; who does not abuse; lit. who does not speak near

Built from

• anu — prefix · not, along after
  Negating prefix meaning 'without' or 'refraining from'; from anu 'following'. Shows the person as not following the track of blame-speaking.
• pa — prefix · forth, intensive
  Forward-intensifying prefix; here emphatic with vad. Works alongside anu to stress the absence of outspoken reproach.
• vād — root · speak, say
  √vad 'to speak'; cognate with Latin vōx 'voice' and English word. The root captures the act of uttering blame.
• ka — ending · agent, one who
  Agentive noun suffix forming nominals meaning 'one who does X' or 'one who does not do X'. Here nominalizes the negated action into a character type.

Analysis. anu + pā + vāda + ka; literally 'not-speaking-near', i.e. one who does not speak reproachfully toward another. The prefix anu- (along after, following) here negates the action: one who does not follow up with blame.

Etymology. anu- (not, following) + pā- (verbal prefix, emphatic) + √vad (speak) + -ka (agentive suffix). Sanskrit avadati 'speaks'; related to English word and Latin vōcem 'voice'. The anu- prefix suggests refraining from the habitual act of speaking ill.

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

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