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dhammūpasaṁhitaṁ

dhammūpasaṁhita

adjective, accusative singular neuter; past participle of dhammūpasaṁharati

1. associated with dharma
2. connected to the teaching
3. yoked together with the Dharma

Built from

• dhamma — root · dharma, teaching
  Sanskrit dharma, the cosmic order and doctrine; here the Buddhist teaching.
• ūpa — root · yoke, frame
  A wooden frame or yoke binding animals together; used idiomatically for association.
• saṁ — prefix · together, with
  Things brought into one; here linking the teaching to practice.
• hita — ending · placed, put
  Past participle of √dhā 'to place'; marks the state of being yoked or bound.

Analysis. dhamma (the teaching, dharma) + ūpa (a yoke, frame) + saṁ (together) + hita (placed, put) — lit. 'placed together with the teaching via a yoke'; the compound conveys how practice or virtue is hitched to the doctrine.

Etymology. saṁ + ā + √dhā 'placing together' (see samādhi); hita is the past participle of √dhā itself. ūpasaṁ- forms a single structural unit meaning 'yoked to' or 'coupled alongside'. The image is of oxen or horses bound together to a teaching.

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

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