Missaka-samāsa or Complex Compounds

Missaka-samāsa or Complex Compounds

(mixed-compounds)

Compounds of all sorts may themselves become part of other compounds.

SN46.53 akālo (hoti) upekkhāsambojjhaṅgassa bhāvanāya

upekkhāsambojjhaṅga \< upekkhā + sambojjhaṅga (kammadhāraya)

sambojjhaṅga \< sambodhiyā + aṅga (chaṭṭhī tappurisa)

MN53 vijjācaraṇasampanno so seṭṭho devamānuse'ti

vijjācaraṇasampanna \< vijjācaraṇena + sampanna (tatiyā tappurisa)

vijjācaraṇa \< vijjā ca caraṇa ca (dvanda)

SN22.1 sappurisānaṃ dassāvī sappurisadhammassa kovido sappurisadhamme suvinīto

sappurisadhamma \< sappurisānaṃ + dhamma (chaṭṭhī tappurisa)

sappurisa \< santa (sat) + purisa (kammadhāraya)

SN43.1 katamo ca, bhikkhave, asaṅkhatagāmimaggo? kāyagatāsati

asaṅkhatagāmimagga \< asaṅkhatagāmī + magga (kammadhāraya)

asaṅkhatagāmī \< asaṅkhataṃ + gāmī (dutiyā tappurisa)

kāyagatāsati \< kāyagata + sati (kammadhāraya)

kāyagata \< kāyaṃ + gata (dutiyā tappurisa)