upādā 1 · upādā 2
Upādā (adverb) [shortened gerund of upādiyati for the usual upādāya in specialised meaning] — literally "taking up", i.e. subsisting on something else, not original, secondary, derived (of rūpa form) Dhs 877, 960, 1210; Vism 275, 444 (2fourfold); As 215, 299, 333, cf. BMPE . 117, note 1. — Usually (and this is the earlier use of upādā) as negative anupādā (for anupādāya) in meaning "not taking up any more (fuel, so as to keep the fire of rebirth alive)", not clinging to love of the world, or the kilesas q.v., having no more tendency to becoming; in phrases a. Parinibbānaṃ "unsupported emancipation" M I 148; S IV 48; V 29; Dhp-a I 286 etc.; a. vimokkho mental release A V 64 (Mp: catuhi upādānehi agahetvā cittassa vimokkho; Arahattass'etaṃ nāmaṃ); Vin V 164; Paṭis II 45 f.; a. vimutto D I 17 (= kinci dhammaṃ anupādiyitvā vimutto Sv I 109); cf. M III 227 (paritassanā).
(ger, ger of upādiyati, irreg form of upādāya) holding (on); grasping (on); attaching; clinging; taking possession (of) [lit.] taking near Construction: upa + √ādā + ya > upādā na + upādā
(ind, ind, adv, abbrev of upādāya) secondary; derivative; accessory secondary, accessory [lit.] taking up Construction: upa + √ādā + ya > upādā