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āraddhaṁ

ārabhati

accusative singular neuter past participle of ārabhati (or possible nominative singular neuter of the gerundive, depending on syntactic role)

1. undertaken, begun
2. set in motion
3. aroused, exerted

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Reverses motion toward the speaker; here marks the initiation or direction of seizing/grasping as a completed act.
• rAbh — root · seize, grasp
  The concrete image of grasping or laying hold; extended to initiating or undertaking action. Cognate with Latin rapere.
• dha — ending · past participle (neuter)
  Marks the word as a completed action in adjectival form, agreeing with a neuter noun or functioning predicatively.

Analysis. ā- (toward the speaker, up to a point) + rabhati (√rabh, to seize, grasp); literally 'seized toward', hence begun or undertaken.

Etymology. √rabh (to seize, grasp) with prefix ā- reversing its direction of motion. Cognate: Latin rapere 'to seize'. The prefix ā- here marks the completion or direction of the action toward a threshold or endpoint.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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