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upādāyarūpanti
upādāyarūpa
nt sg nom, with iti particle (as headword or gloss)
- derived materiality (of)
Built from
- upa — prefix · close up, near
Spatial: approach and proximity. Cognate to Greek hypo-, Latin sub-, English up.
- ā — prefix · toward, reversing
Reverses the motion of verbs: upādā takes close ('takes up', 'clings') as opposed to simple dā 'gives, places'.
- dā — root · place, give
Indo-European root *dheh₂; Sanskrit dhā. Concrete: hand placing something down, hence giving and receiving.
- ya — ending · absolutive marker
Gerund suffix forming upādāya 'taking up, by taking'; links the action to rūpa in a dependent relation.
- rūpa — root · form, material shape
From √ruc 'shine, appear': what is visible and shaped. Cognate to Latin rūgōsus 'wrinkled' and English rough (textured surface).
- ṃ — ending · accusative sg neuter
Marks the nominalized compound as object of a transitive context or citation marker.
- iti — ending · thus, so; quotation marker
Particle that frames a word or phrase as cited, often introducing definitions or labels in doctrinal lists.
Analysis. upādāya-rūpa + iti: 'derived material form', so named; upādāya is the gerund (absolutive) of upādadāti 'takes up', and rūpa is 'form, matter'. The iti marks it as a nominal cited in its own right, often introducing a definition or list.
Etymology. upādāya from upa- 'close up' + ā- (reversal) + √dā 'place, give': 'takes up close', 'clings to'. Sanskrit upādāna, Greek cognate to hypo- and Latin sub- (approach); ā- reverses √dā as in āgacchati 'comes' (√gam turned around). rūpa 'form' from √ruc 'shine', cognate to Latin rūgōsus (wrinkled form) and English rough (visible form or texture).