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upasampajja
upasampajjati
imp 2nd sg of upasampajjati (verb); reflx aor 1st sg of upasampajji (verb)
- upasampajja (ger): arriving at; attaining; having reached; lit. going near together
- upasampajja (ger): becoming fully ordained; taking higher ordination; lit. going near together
- upasampajja (ger): undertaking; taking up; putting into action; lit. going near together
- upasampajjati (pr): becomes fully ordained; takes higher ordination; lit. goes near together
- upasampajji (aor): attained, entered on, became fully ordained; lit. went near together
- upasampajjati (pr): attains, enters; lit. goes near together
Built from
- upa — prefix · near, up close
Approach and proximity; Latin sub-, Greek hypo-, English up. Here conveys drawing near to a teacher or community.
- sam — prefix · together, with
Gathering into one, completing. Works like Latin con-. Combined with upa-, expresses both togetherness and totality of commitment.
- pad — root · go, attain
Sanskrit √pad; cognate with English foot. The root carries the sense of stepping toward, arriving at, or falling into a state.
- jati — ending · 3rd sg present
Middle voice ending forming present indicative. Marks an ongoing or habitual action, here 'becomes' or 'enters into' a state.
Analysis. upa- (up close to, near, alongside) + saṁ- (together, with, completely) + pajjati (goes, attains), lit. 'goes near together' — the spatial imagery of approaching and gathering combines into the sense of taking up a state or commitment, especially monastic ordination.
Etymology. The root √pad underlies pajjati (goes, attains); the double prefix upa- + sam- intensifies and directs the motion toward a goal or into a new condition. In ordination contexts, the compound evokes both the physical act of drawing near and the metaphorical sense of entering into a collective practice.