Dear Florian,
The 3rd singular aorist form "paccupādi" is rather peculiar and occurs only
twice in the Tipiṭaka. Woodward translates as "slipped" (p.126) in Kindred
Sayings. Sv-pṭ III 32 gives "pāvisi" (entered) as a gloss for "paccupādi".
I do not find this verb form in the PED but "paccāpādi" can be found under
"paṭipajjati". It seems to me that the verbal root of "paccupādi" is more
likely to be "pad" (go) rather than "dā". Perhaps the ā of paccāpādi somehow
got changed to u along the way?
Best wishes,
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Florian Weps" <fmw@...>
To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:28 AM
Subject: [palistudy] paccupādi
> Dear all
>
> I started working on Wallis' Pali reader, "Buddhavacana". I've received
> a few warnings about it from members of this list, but I already bought
> it, so I decided to give it a try. One thing that I find annoying about
> it is that the glossary only gives the root derivations for verbs, but
> not the 3rd person present singular, which makes it hard to look them up
> in dictionaries.
>
> So here's one I haven't been able to find in a dictionary:
>
> In the glossary for the first text, Sakuṇagghisuttaṃ (Saṁyuttanikāya /
> Mahāvagga / Satipaṭṭhānasaṁyutta) there is given:
>
> paṭi + upa + ā + √dā
> to take up again, to return to
> paccupādi = aor
>
> The sentence where the word paccupādi occurs is:
>
> Yadā kho, bhikkhave, aññāsi lāpo sakuṇo ‘bahuāgato kho myāyaṃ
> sakuṇagghī’ti, atha tasseva leḍḍussa antaraṃ paccupādi.
>
> Now, at the Pali dictionary online at palidictionary.appspot.com, there
> is given:
>
> paccuppādi. paṭi-uppajjati (aor)
>
> Where I assume uppajjati would be "to be born / to arise".
>
>
> Within the context of the Sutta, the "return to" meaning makes sense,
> since the quail hides under (returns inside) a clod of earth. But I
> haven't been able to find that meaning outside the Wallis glossary.
>
> Any hints would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Florian