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upapatti

fem nom sg of upapatti (noun); fem voc sg of upapatti (noun)

1. rebirth; re-arising; reappearance; lit. going near
2. appearance; occasion; occurrence; happening; taking place; lit. going near
3. approach; lit. going near
4. in reference to MN120 Saṅkhārupapattisutta; lit. going near

Built from

• upa — prefix · near, alongside
  Spatial prefix denoting approach and proximity. Drawn from the concrete image of coming up close to something.
• patti — stem · going, movement
  Feminine noun formed from √pat 'to go, fly, fall'. Patti as a stem denotes the action or fact of going; upapatti thus means 'a going near', hence arrival, manifestation, or reappearance.

Analysis. upa + patti: upa (near, alongside) + patti (going, from √pat 'to go/fly'). The word compounds 'going near' into the sense of arrival or manifestation in a new state—especially in the doctrinal sense of rebirth as the re-arising of consciousness in a new existence.

Etymology. From upa- (up close to, near; cognate with Greek hypo-, Latin sub-, English up) + √pat 'to go, fly, fall' (Sanskrit patati; related to English 'path', Greek patos 'trodden'). The spatial sense of 'approaching near' crystallizes into 'arrival' and 'manifestation'.

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

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