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saupādisesā

saupādisesa

masc nom pl of saupādisesa (adj); fem nom sg of saupādisesa (adj); fem nom pl of saupādisesa (adj); nt nom pl of saupādisesa (adj); …

1. with fuel remaining; with remaining attachment; with residual clinging
2. with residue remaining; with leftover; lit. with fuel remaining

Built from

• sa — prefix · with, together
  Denotes the presence or persistence of a quality. Cognate with English 'same' and Latin similis.
• upā — prefix · up close to, taking hold
  Concrete sense: approach and seize. Cognate with Latin sub- and Greek hypo-. Upa- + √ādā ('take') yields upādāna 'clinging' (the fuel taken up by craving's fire).
• dis — root · take, seize
  Sanskrit ādadāti; Indo-European *gʰend-. Forms upādāna 'clinging' and upādisesa 'remainder of clinging'.
• sesa — stem · remainder, residue
  Noun meaning what is left over or outstanding; here nominalized to denote the remnant of clinging that persists in conditioned existence.

Analysis. saupādisesa = sa + upādisesa: 'with' (sa-) + 'clinging-residue' (upādisesa, itself upa + ādisesa 'taking-up' + 'remaining'). The compound denotes the state of having craving or attachment (upādāna) still clinging to an entity, contrasted with anupādisesa 'without residue of clinging'. In the canon, used to characterize the final nirvāṇa of an arahant (parinirvāṇa saupādisesā) versus that which occurs during life.

Etymology. sa 'with' + upādisesa 'remainder of clinging'. The root is √ādā 'take' (cognate with Sanskrit ādadāti, from Indo-European *gʰend- 'seize, grab'), prefixed by upa- 'up close, taking hold' to form upādāna 'clinging as fuel taken up by the fire of craving'; the suffix -sesa denotes 'remainder, what is left behind'. The prefix sa- 'with, together' (cognate with English same, Latin similis) intensifies the sense of what remains attached.

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

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