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evarūpena

evarūpa

masc instr sg of evarūpa (adj); nt instr sg of evarūpa (adj)

1. such; similar kind of; of such quality

Built from

• eva — prefix · just, precisely
  Emphatic particle meaning 'exactly' or 'in this very way'. Appears in Pali to intensify and point to identity: eva marks that something is precisely as described.
• rūpa — root · form, appearance
  From *h₂werp- 'to turn, form', related to Sanskrit rūpa and English warp. In Buddhist doctrine, rūpa denotes material form—one of the five aggregates (khandha).
• ena — ending · instrumental singular
  The instrumental singular ending -ena marks this as an adjective in the instrumental case, indicating the manner or means by which something is characterized.

Analysis. eva (emphatic particle, 'just, precisely') + rūpa (form, appearance) — 'of precisely such a form/appearance'; evarūpena is the instrumental singular form.

Etymology. evarūpa is a compound of eva ('thus, just so') and rūpa ('form, shape'), cognate with Sanskrit rūpa and root *h₂werp- (to turn, form). The particle eva is an emphasizer, giving the sense 'of exactly this sort' or 'of such a character'.

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

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