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kāyānupassanāānāpānapabba

nt voc sg of kāyānupassanāānāpānapabba (noun)

1. body contemplation, section on in and out breathing

Built from

• kāya — root · body
  The physical form, container of life. Proto-Indo-European *keu- 'swell, curve'; cognates Latin cauda 'tail', showing the root sense of a bounded, hollow form.
• ānupassanā — stem · contemplation along
  anu- 'along, following' + √pas 'see'. The meditation practice of seeing-along, sustained mindful observation.
• ānāpāna — stem · in-breathing out-breathing
  Dvandva compound: ānā 'in-breath' + pāna 'out-breath', both from √an 'breathe' (cognate Latin anima 'breath, soul', English animate). The natural rhythm of respiration as object of mindfulness.
• pabba — ending · section, chapter
  Feminine or neuter noun marking a section or division of a text, here the title of a discrete teaching unit within the Satipaṭṭhānasutta on mindfulness.

Analysis. kāya-ānupassanā-ānāpāna-pabba: 'body' + 'contemplation' + 'in-and-out breathing' + 'section/chapter'. A chapter (pabba) of the Satipaṭṭhānasutta dealing with mindfulness of the body (kāya) specifically through observation of the breath (ānāpāna).

Etymology. kāya from Proto-Indo-European *keu- 'swell' (cognate Latin cauda 'tail', Germanic *hūs; the body as a cavity, a bounded form). ānupassanā from anu- 'along' + passanā (from √pas 'see'), literally 'seeing along', contemplative observation. ānāpāna, a dvandva compound: ānā 'in-breath' + pāna 'out-breath', both from √ an 'breathe' (cognate Latin anima, English animate). pabba 'section, chapter', perhaps connected to √bhaj 'divide, apportion'.

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

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