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upasampādenti

upasampādeti

pr 3rd pl of upasampādeti (verb)

1. ordains (someone) as a monastic; gives higher ordination (to); lit. causes to go near together

Etymology. upa + saṃ + pāde + ti; from √pad 'go, step'; Sanskrit upasaṃpadayate [upasaṃpad]

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

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