upasammati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀉𑀧𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• उपसम्मति (Devanagari script)
• উপসম্মতি (Bengali script)
• උපසම‍්මති (Sinhalese script)
• ဥပသမ္မတိ or ဢုပသမ္မတိ or ဢုပသမ်မတိ (Burmese script)
• อุปสมฺมติ or อุปะสัมมะติ (Thai script)
• ᩏᨷᩈᨾ᩠ᨾᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຸປສມ຺ມຕິ or ອຸປະສັມມະຕິ (Lao script)
• ឧបសម្មតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄥𑄟𑄴𑄟𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati). By surface analysis, upa- +‎ sammati.

Verb

upasammati (root sam, third conjugation)

1. to grow calm
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     4. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ 4
     යෙ තං න උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසූපසම‍්මති.

     4. Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me 4
     Ye taṃ na upanayhanti veraṃ tesūpasammati.

     He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
     Hatred subsides in those who do not nurse grudges thus.

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

2. to cease
3. to be settled

Conjugation

Conjugation of "upasammati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	upasammāmi	upasammāma
2nd	upasammasi	upasammatha
3rd	upasammati	upasammanti
Imperative
1st	upasammāmi	upasammāma
2nd	upasamma or upasammāhi	upasammatha
3rd	upasammatu	upasammantu

• Present active participle: upasammant, which see for forms and usage