anupAdA · negative absolutive
Anupādā [gerund of an + upādiyati ° anupādāya] anupādāniya, anupādāya, anupādiyāna, anupādiyitvā, see upādiyati.
anupādā (= Pali id. , ‘mostly used before nouns … while anupādāya … is preferred before finite verb forms’, CPD ), abbreviated form of ger. anupādāya , q.v. , not clinging (to existence): Mv ii.293.13 anupādāśravebhyaś cittāni vimuktāni (same phrase with anupādāya, q.v. ); in Mv i.69.15 read anupāda ( m.c. for °dā; mss. °dāya, unmetr. ; Senart em. °di, wrongly) vimukti, cf. Pali anupādā vimutto ( CPD s.v. ).
not taking as one’s own, not holding on to; without (material) support, without dependence
(ger, ger of na upādiyati, irreg form of na upādāya) not holding (on); not grasping (on); detaching; without clinging; not taking possession (of) without grasping [lit.] not taking near Construction: na > an + upa + √ādā + ya na + upādāya > anupādā