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upadhisaṅkhaye

upadhisaṅkhaya

masc acc pl of upadhisaṅkhaya (noun); masc loc sg of upadhisaṅkhaya (noun)

1. eradication of attachment; destruction of possession; end of identification

Built from

• upa — prefix · near, up close
  Spatial: approaching and taking in close. Works like Greek hypo- and Latin sub-.
• ādhi — stem · taking, grasping
  From the root ā-√dhi (to take toward oneself). The concrete act of drawing fuel close to fire.
• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Spatial: things brought into one; here, unification into a single process of dissolution.
• khaya — stem · destruction, crumbling
  From √khay (to wear away, break apart); cognate with Greek khao- and the notion of void or yawning openness.

Analysis. A compound of upādhi (attachment, fuel for becoming) + saṅkhaya (destruction, cessation). Upādhi itself is upa- + ādhi (taking up close, grasping), so the whole means the radical cessation of the substrates that fuel rebirth and suffering.

Etymology. Upādhi < upa- (near, up close, approach) + ādhi (taking), the concrete image of fuel drawn up close to a flame; saṅkhaya < sam- + √khay (together + to wear away, crumble), the Sanskrit root cognate with English "chaos" and Greek khao- (to gape, yawn open — the void left when things crumble). The doctrine of cessation of the fuel of becoming.

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

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