Sati, satisampajañña, satipañña

Hello,
sati, satisampajañña and satipañña are three pali terminologies that I am considering.
I would like some help. Lists in the Pali Canon, The four bhramas viharas for example, Oftentimes are presented to us as, Somewhat, being in increasing difficulty. It makes sense to me that the three above mentioned terminologies Arrive at satipañña. We might need to have Sati and satisampajañña quite well established Before we can move fully into The more integrated quality of satipañña. However, I don’t know where to start looking for something in the Canon Which might help me to understand this better.
We have mindfullness as a rendering of Sati, venerable Sumedo renders sampajañña as intuitive awareness, then there is satipañña. I find a potential progression here quite interesting. It’s completely plausible that my next hypothesis is rubbish, However a correction for me is pretty good.
If with satisampajañña (mindfullness and intuitive awareness) Suffering can be understood, The result is satipañña.

To make it less abstract. Using themes from a recent Ajahn amaro talk.

Paraquoting: you can be acutly aware that the person over there is happy, and yet have no understanding as to why.

There is an intuitive awareness which can be understood.

We dont have to have a story about why the intuitive awareness of phenomenon, in a citta sense in order to understand. If this suffering been understood would it not be the case that satipañña would be an apt description of the arisen mindstate?

Thanks all who read!

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This sutta in AN8:81 might be of help with what you are looking for?

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Thank you very much. I’m going to have a look at this today

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Thankyou. The described causal sequence described here is what i was asking for help to find in a Sutta. It seems silly now that i did not search for the terminology on Sutta Central. Thankyou for the Dhamma direction.

Regards, Sahdu!

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satisampajañña as two words sati and sampajāna are defined in Satisutta Sn47.35

Sati:

And how is a mendicant mindful (sato)?
It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body … feelings … mind … principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. (abhijjhādomanassa)

Sampajāna:

And how is a mendicant aware (sampajāno)?
It’s when a mendicant knows feelings … thoughts (vitakkā) … perceptions as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.

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Thankyou very much for this