appamāda

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀫𑀸𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• अप्पमाद (Devanagari script)
• অপ্পমাদ (Bengali script)
• අප‍්පමාද (Sinhalese script)
• အပ္ပမာဒ or ဢပ္ပမႃၻ or ဢပ်ပမႃၻ (Burmese script)
• อปฺปมาท or อัปปะมาทะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨷ᩠ᨷᨾᩣᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ອປ຺ປມາທ or ອັປປະມາທະ (Lao script)
• អប្បមាទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄛𑄴𑄛𑄟𑄂𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अप्रमाद (apramāda), equivalent to a- +‎ pamāda (“carelessness”).

Noun

appamāda m

1. carefulness; vigilance
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28
     පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
     පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.

     8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
     Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
     Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.

     8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.

     (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Declension table of "appamāda" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	appamādo	appamādā
Accusative (second)	appamādaṃ	appamāde
Instrumental (third)	appamādena	appamādehi or appamādebhi
Dative (fourth)	appamādassa or appamādāya or appamādatthaṃ	appamādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	appamādasmā or appamādamhā or appamādā	appamādehi or appamādebhi
Genitive (sixth)	appamādassa	appamādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	appamādasmiṃ or appamādamhi or appamāde	appamādesu
Vocative (calling)	appamāda	appamādā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “appamāda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.