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aveccappasādena

aveccappasāda

masc instr sg of aveccappasāda (noun)

1. faith founded in understanding; experiential confidence; epithet of stream entry

Built from

• ava — prefix · down, thoroughly
  Intensive downward looking. Related to Latin au- and English off.
• ekka — root · one, examine
  From IE *oikos (house, dwelling). Here used in sense of unified, singular examination.
• ppasāda — stem · faith, confidence
  From √sad 'to settle, sit, trust'. The doubling of p is a sandhi effect (avecca + pasāda). Pasāda denotes the settling of mind in confidence.

Analysis. avecca + pasāda: avecca (past participle of avekkhati 'to examine, verify') + pasāda (faith, confidence). The compound denotes faith that arises from direct examination or verification, not mere belief.

Etymology. Composed of ava- (down, intensive looking) + ekka- (one, unity; from IE *oikos) in the past participle avecca ('examined, verified'), paired with pasāda (from √sad 'to settle, sit, trust'). The prefix ava- suggests looking thoroughly downward into the nature of things; pasāda means the settling or confidence that follows. Together they express the Buddhist ideal of reasoned faith grounded in personal insight rather than blind acceptance.

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

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