Upapajjati: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

upapajjati : (upa + pad + ya) to be reborn in; rises.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Upapajjati, (doubtful whether a legitimate form as upa + pad or a diaeretic form of uppajjati = ud + pad. In this case all passages ought to go under the latter. Trenckner however (Notes 77) defends upa° & considers in many cases upp° a substitution for upa. The diaeresis may be due to metre, as nearly all forms are found in poetry. The v. l. upp° is apparently frequent; but it is almost impossible to distinguish between upap° and upp° in the Sinhalese writing, and either the scribe or the reader may mistake one for the other) to get to, be reborn in (Acc.); to originate, rise Vin. III, 20 (nirayaṃ); A. III, 415; V, 292 sq.; Sn. 584; It. 13 (nirayaṃ), 14 (sugatiṃ; v. l. upp°), 67 (saggaṃ lokaṃ; v. l. upp°); 43 = Dh. 307 (nirayaṃ); Dh. 126, 140; Pv. I, 107 (v. l. BB. udapajjatha = uppajja PvA. 50); Pug. 16, 51, 60; Nett 37, 99, cp. Kvu 611 sq. ‹-› pp. upapannā (q. v.).—Caus. upapādeti & pp. upapādita (q. v.). (Page 144)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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