Pāli Dictionary

anūpaya

anprefixupaprefixirootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

upaya

doctrine

  • not approaching; unattached; free from involvement or engagement

  • Snp 4.3

    upayo hi dhammesu upeti vādaṃ, anūpayaṃ kena kathaṃ vadeyya, attā nirattā na hi tassa atthi, adhosi so diṭṭhim'idh'eva sabban'ti.

  • Snp 4.13

    yā kāc'imā sammutiyo puthujjā, sabbā'va etā na upeti vidvā, anūpayo so upayaṃ kim'eyya, diṭṭhe sute khantim'akubbamāno.

anupāya1

approximate

anprefixupaprefixirootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

anapāya

general

  • not attracted to; not devoted to; unattached, aloof (from)

  • MN 112

    diṭṭhe kho ahaṃ, āvuso, anupāyo anapāyo anissito appaṭibaddho vippamutto visaṃyutto vimariyādīkatena cetasā viharāmi.

anupāya2

approximate

anprefixupāyastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1go; come

general

  • wrong method; bad means; an improper way of proceeding

anupaya

approximate

anprefixupaprefixirootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

i1go; come

Antonyms

upaya

general

  • not attracted to; disengaged from; unattached, indifferent (to)

  • SN 22.53

    upayo, bhikkhave, avimutto, anupayo vimutto. rūp'upayaṃ vā, bhikkhave, viññāṇaṃ tiṭṭhamānaṃ tiṭṭheyya, rūp'ārammaṇaṃ rūpappatiṭṭhaṃ nand'ūpasecanaṃ vuddhiṃ virūḷhiṃ vepullaṃ āpajjeyya.

anupa

approximate

anuprefixāpastem

via inflected form anupāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • watery land, marsh, low-lying wetland

anūpa

approximate

anuprefixāpastem

via inflected form anūpāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • watery, moist, water-logged (of land)

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