Pali

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Etymology

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Metathesis of very rare pari- +‎ -y- +‎ upāsati, evidenced only in the absolutive pariyupāsitvā.

Verb

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payirupāsati (root ās, first conjugation)

  1. to sit beside,[1] to attend on,[1] to associate with,[1] to serve,[1] to honour[1]
  2. to visit[2] (for the above purposes)
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)[1], page 82:
      කන‍්නු ඛ‍්වජ‍්ජ සමණං වා බ්‍රාහ‍්මණං වා පයිරුපාසෙය්‍යාම යන‍්නො පයිරුපාසතො චිත‍්තං පසීදෙය්‍යා!"ති
      kannu khvajja samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā payirupāseyyāma yanno payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyā!"ti
      Indeed now which ascetic or Brahmin should we visit today who, for us visiting him, will soothe the heart?

Conjugation

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  • Present active participle: payirupāsant, which see for forms and usage
  • Present middle participle: payirupāsamāna, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

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payirupāsati

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

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 377.
  2. ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “payirupāsati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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