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anuppabandhehi

anuppabandha

masc instr pl of anuppabandha (adj); nt instr pl of anuppabandha (adj); masc abl pl of anuppabandha (adj); nt abl pl of anuppabandha (adj); …

1. connected; coherent; consistent; sequential; lit. tied together
2. continuance

Built from

• an — prefix · not
  Plain negation. Cognate with English un- and Greek a(n)-.
• upa — prefix · near, alongside
  Approach and proximity; here intensifies the sense of drawing together. Cognates: Greek hypo-, Latin sub-, English up.
• bandha — root · bound, tied
  From √bandh 'to bind'; the imagery is physical fastening. Cognate with English band, bound, and Sanskrit bandha.

Analysis. an- (not) + upa- (near, alongside) + pabandha (bound, connected); literally 'not bound together', hence 'unconnected, disjointed'

Etymology. The prefix an- negates upa-bandha, from upa- 'close to, near' (Greek hypo-, Latin sub-) + bandha 'bound', the past participle of √bandh 'to bind', cognate with English band and Sanskrit bandh-. The spatial sense of upa- 'alongside, drawing near' carries into the meaning 'fastening together'; negating this yields 'without connection'.

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

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