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evarūpaṁ

evarūpa

accusative singular neuter of evarūpa (adjective)

1. of such a kind
2. such as this
3. of this sort

Built from

• eva — root · thus, so
  An emphatic particle cognate with Sanskrit eva. It focuses and specifies, narrowing the scope: 'exactly this, no other'.
• rūpa — stem · form, appearance
  From a root meaning 'to shape' or 'to break'; in Buddhism it denotes material form as one of the five aggregates (khandha). Here it carries the sense of 'character' or 'kind'.
• ṁ — ending · accusative singular neuter
  The accusative marks the word as the direct object or complement in the sentence. The neuter form agrees with a neuter noun.

Analysis. eva (thus, so) + rūpa (form, appearance): 'thus-formed', a demonstrative adjective pointing to something just mentioned or about to be described.

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

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