Sammā Sammā2 (indecl.) [Vedic samyac (=samyak) & samīś "connected, in one"; see under saŋ˚] thoroughly, properly, rightly; in the right way, as it ought to be, best, perfectly (opp. micchā) D i.12; Vin i.12; Sn 359; 947; Dh 89, 373. Usually as ˚-, like sammā-dhārā even or proper showers (i. e. at the right time) Pv ii.970; especially in connection with constituents of the eightfold Aryan Path, where it is contrasted with micchā; see magga 2 a. (e. g. VbhA 114 sq., 121, 320 sq.). — The form sammā is reduced to samma˚ before short vowels (with the insertion of a sandhi -d-, cp. puna-deva), like samma-d-eva properly, in harmony or completeness D i.110; Vin i.9: PvA 139, 157; samma-daññā & ˚akkhāta (see below); and before double consonants arisen from assimilation, like sammag-gata (=samyak+gata). The cpds. we shall divide into two groups, viz. (A) cpds. with samma˚, (B) with sammā˚.
A. -akkhāta well preached Dh 86. -aññā perfect knowledge Vin i.183; S i.4; iv.128; Dh 57 (˚vimutta, cp. DhA i.434); It 38, 79, 93, 95, 108. -attha a proper or good thing or cause J vi.16. -ddasa having right views A ii.18; S iv.205, 207; Sn 733; It 47, 61, 81; Kvu 339. -ggata [cp. BSk. samyaggata Divy 399] who has wandered rightly, perfect M i.66; who has attained the highest point, an Arahant D i.55; S i.76; A i.269; iv.226; v.265; J iii.305; It 87; Ap 218. Also sammāgata Vin ii.20317. -ppajāna having right knowledge Dh 20; It 115. -ppaññā right knowledge, true wisdom Vin i.14; Dh 57, 190; Sn 143; It 17; Miln 39. -ppadhāna [cp. BSk. samyakprahāna Divy 208] right exertion Vin i.22; Dhs 358; Dpvs 18, 5; they are four D ii.120; M iii.296; explained M ii.11 (anuppannānaŋ pāpakānaŋ akusalānaŋ dhammānaŋ anuppādāya; uppannānaŋ pahānāya; anuppannānaŋ kusalānaŋ dhammānaŋ uppādāya; uppannānaŋ ṭhitiyā).
B. -ājīva right living, right means of livelihood, right occupation Vin i.10; S v.421, etc.; formula D ii.312; (adj.) living in the right way M i.42; A ii.89. -kammanta right conduct, right behaviour Vin i.10; S v.421 etc.; definition D ii.312; Dhs 300; adj. behaving in the right way M i.42; A ii.89. -ñāṇa right knowledge, enlightenment, results from right concentration D ii.217; A i.292; adj. M i.42. -ñāṇin possessing the right insight A ii.89, 222. -dassana right views Vism 605. -diṭṭhi right views, right belief, the first stage of the noble eightfold path, consists in the knowledge of the four truths D ii.311; its essence is knowledge Dhs 20, 297, 317; cp. Vism 509; comprises the knowledge of the absence of all permanent Being and the reality of universal conditioned Becoming S ii.17; iii.135; and of the impermanence of the 5 Khandhas S iii.51=iv.142; and of Sīla, of causation and of the destruction of the Āsavas M i.46-55; how obtained M i.294; two degrees of M iii.72; supremely important A i.30-2 292 sq.; (adj.) Miln i.47. -diṭṭhika having the right belief D i.139; A ii.89; 220 sq.; iii.115, 138; iv.290; v.124 sq.; S iv.322. -dvayatānupassin duly considering both -- i. e. misery with its origin, the destruction of misery with the path, respectively Sn p. 140. -dhārā a heavy shower S v.379. -paṭipatti right mental disposition A i.69; Nett 27; Miln 97; sammāpaṭipadā Pug 49 sq.; DhA iv.127; sammāpaṭipanna rightly disposed, having the right view D i.8, 55; Pug 49 sq. -passaŋ viewing the matter in the right way S iii.51; iv.142. -pāsa [Sk. śamyāprāsa, but BSk. śamyaprāśa Divy 634] a kind of sacrifice Sn 303; A ii.42; iv.151; S i.76; It 21; J iv.302; SnA 321. Cp. sammā1. -manasikāra right, careful, thought D i.13; DA i.104. -vattanā strict, proper, conduct Vin i.46, 50; ii.5. -vācā right speech Vin i.10; DA i.314; definition D ii.312; Dhs 299; (adj.) speaking properly M i.42; A ii.89. -vāyāma right effort Vin i.10; Dhs 13, 22, 302; definition D ii.312; adj. M i.42; A ii.89. -vimutta right emancipation A i.292; ˚vimutti the same D ii.217; A ii.196, 222; (adj.) M i.42; A ii.89. -sankappa right resolve, right intention Dh 12; Vin i.10; Dhs 21, 298; definition D ii.312; (adj.) M i.42; A ii.89. -sati right memory, right mindfulness, self-possession Vin i.10; Dhs 23, 303; definition D ii.313; (adj.) M i.42; A ii.89. -samādhi right concentration, the last stage of the noble eightfold path Vin i.10; Dhs 24, 304; definition D ii.313; adj. M i.12; A ii.89. -sampassaŋ having the right view S iv.142. -sambuddha perfectly enlightened, a universal Buddha Vin i.5; D i.49; Dh 187; J i.44; DhA i.445; iii.241; VbhA 436, etc. -sambodhi perfect enlightenment, supreme Buddhaship Vin i.11; D ii.83; S i.68, etc.
