feminine · upasampadā 1 · upasampadā 2
Upasampadā (feminine) [from upa + saṃ + pad] 1. taking, acquiring; obtaining, taking upon oneself, undertaking D II 49; M I 93; A III 65; Dhp 183 (cf. Dhp-a III 236); Nett 44 (kusalassa). 2. (in special sense) taking up the bhikkhuship, higher ordination, admission to the privileges of recognized bhikkhus [cf. BHS upasampad and °padā Divy 21, 281 etc.] Vin I 12, 20, 95, 146 and passim ; III 15; IV 52; D I 176, 177, 202; S I 161; A IV 276 f. and passim ; Dhp-a II 61 (pabbajjā + u.); Pv-a 54 (laddh° one who has received ordination), 179 (the same).
attainment; full ordination, admission into the saṅgha
(fem, fem, abstr, from upasampajjati) undertaking; taking up (of) [lit.] going near together Construction: upa + saṃ + √pad + ā
(fem, fem, abstr, from upasampajjati) (vinaya) higher ordination as monastic higher ordination of a monk [lit.] going near together Construction: upa + saṃ + √pad + ā