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vūpasamā

vūpasama

masc nom pl of vūpasama (noun); masc instr sg of vūpasama (noun); masc abl sg of vūpasama (noun); masc voc sg of vūpasama (noun); …

1. vūpasama (masc): peace; calming; subsiding; settling (of)
2. vūpasama (masc): (vinaya) settling; appeasement; conciliation (of)
3. vūpasami (aor): subsided; settled; calmed down

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Clarity through separation; the first movement outward that permits seeing distinctions.
• upa — prefix · near, alongside
  Approach and proximity; things drawn close and unified with what they draw near to.
• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Bringing into one; the gathering of scattered elements into wholeness and completion.
• √am — root · go, move
  Sanskrit √am 'to go'; in this compound the sense 'moves toward stillness' or 'subsides'.
• -a — ending · masculine singular stem
  Masculine singular nominative stem marker, later inflected for case and number.

Analysis. vi + upa + sam + √am: 'apart-near-together-going', hence the thorough calming and settling of disturbances into peace.

Etymology. From vi- (apart, asunder) + upa- (near, alongside) + sam- (together, completely) + √am (to go, move). The three prefixes layer spatial imagery: vi- opens things apart for clarity, upa- brings them close together, sam- gathers them into one; √am (go/move) becomes the subsiding or settling toward quiescence. The compound vūpasama is the noun of result: the peace that arises when all movements have stilled. No direct English or Latin cognate; the construction parallels Sanskrit vopasama.

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

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