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satuppādakaraṇīyameva

satuppādakaraṇīya

nt (nominative singular + eva emphatic particle)

1. reminding; jogging memory (of); lit. arising of memory to be done

Built from

• sat — stem · memory, mindfulness
  Past participle stem of sati (√smar-), the faculty of recollection that holds experience in mind.
• u — prefix · up, out
  Directional prefix (ud-) meaning upward and outward; suggests the springing forth of memory into consciousness.
• ppāda — root · arises, appears
  From √pad 'to fall, step'; the prefix ud- reverses the sense to 'spring up, arise'. Cognate with English foot.
• karaṇīya — ending · to be done, ought to be
  Gerundive (future passive participle) from √kṛ 'make, do'; indicates obligation or necessity — what ought to be done or maintained in practice.
• eva — ending · just, even, precisely
  Emphatic particle adding force or certainty to the preceding noun; underscores the essential character of the action.

Analysis. satuppāda-karaṇīya + eva: 'arising of memory' (thing) 'to be done' + even/just; the compound denotes an action or state of mind that ought to be cultivated or maintained.

Etymology. satuppāda from sati 'memory' (√smar-, cognate with Sanskrit smṛti, English smart in the sense of 'quick perception') + uppāda 'arising' (ud + √pad, cognate with English up); karaṇīya 'to be done' from √kṛ 'make, do' (cognate with English craft, create). The prefix sat- is the past participle stem of sati, used here as a bound form meaning 'memory' or 'mindfulness'.

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

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