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sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā
sammādiṭṭhikammasamādāna
masc nom pl of sammādiṭṭhikammasamādāna (adj); fem nom sg of sammādiṭṭhikammasamādāna (adj); fem nom pl of sammādiṭṭhikammasamādāna (adj); nt nom pl of sammādiṭṭhikammasamādāna (adj); …
- undertaking actions based on correct beliefs
Built from
- sam — prefix · together, completely
Things brought into one unified whole; works like Latin con-.
- mā — prefix · rightly, well
From su- (well, good); here prefixed to create sammā, 'rightly, correctly'.
- diṭ — root · see
√dṛś 'to see, look'; cognate with Latin dicere (pointing out). Diṭṭhi = view, what one sees as true.
- thi — ending · feminine abstract noun
Nominalizing suffix creating diṭṭhi (view, vision) from the root.
- kamma — root · action, deed
From √kar 'to make, do'; cognate with English 'create'. Central to Buddhist ethics.
- sam — prefix · together, completely
Recurs to show unified taking-up; things brought into one.
- ā — prefix · toward, up to
Reverses motion verbs; here with √dā makes samādāna receptive—'taking up' what approaches.
- dā — root · place, put, give
√dhā 'to place, put'; cognate with English 'do'. Samādāna = placing together, hence adopting or undertaking.
- na — ending · abstract noun (masculine/neuter)
Nominalizing suffix; in this compound, part of samādāna (undertaking, adoption).
Analysis. A compound of sammādiṭṭhi (right view) + kamma (action) + samādāna (undertaking, adoption). The three parts together express the ethical ideal of right action undertaken from correct understanding of reality.
Etymology. sammā (sam + ā) = 'rightly, completely'; diṭṭhi = 'view' (from √dṛś, 'to see'; cognate with Latin dicere in its sense of pointing out); kamma = 'action' (from √kar, 'to make/do'); samādāna = 'taking up, adoption' (sam + ā + √dā, 'placing together, taking up'). The prefix sam- unifies the vision into one coherent whole, and ā- reverses the motion of taking, making it receptive.