upasaṅkamati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀉𑀧𑀲𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• उपसङ्कमति (Devanagari script)
• উপসঙ্কমতি (Bengali script)
• උපසඞ‍්කමති (Sinhalese script)
• ဥပသင်္ကမတိ or ဢုပသင်္ၵမတိ or ဢုပသင်ၵမတိ (Burmese script)
• อุปสงฺกมติ or อุปะสังกะมะติ (Thai script)
• ᩏᨷᩈᩘᨠᨾᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຸປສງ຺ກມຕິ or ອຸປະສັງກະມະຕິ (Lao script)
• ឧបសង្កមតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄥𑄋𑄴𑄇𑄟𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

upasaṅkamati

1. to approach
2. to go to
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎^[1], page 88:

     11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.

     11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.

     11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "upasaṅkamati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	upasaṅkamāmi	upasaṅkamāma
2nd	upasaṅkamasi	upasaṅkamatha
3rd	upasaṅkamati	upasaṅkamanti
Imperative
1st	upasaṅkamāmi	upasaṅkamāma
2nd	upasaṅkama or upasaṅkamāhi	upasaṅkamatha
3rd	upasaṅkamatu	upasaṅkamantu
Optative
1st	upasaṅkameyyāmi or upasaṅkameyyaṃ or upasaṅkame	upasaṅkameyyāma
2nd	upasaṅkameyyāsi or upasaṅkame	upasaṅkameyyātha
3rd	upasaṅkameyya or upasaṅkame	upasaṅkameyyuṃ
Aorist
1st	upasaṅkamiṃ	upasaṅkamimha
2nd	upasaṅkami	upasaṅkamittha
3rd	upasaṅkami	upasaṅkamiṃsu

• Present active participle: upasaṅkamant, which see for forms and usage
• Absolutive: upasaṅkamitvā

Adjective

upasaṅkamati

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of upasaṅkamant, present active participle of the verb above

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “upasankamati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead