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ṭhitaṁ

ṭhita

past participle (accusative singular masculine) of ṭhahati; resolves to ṭhitaṁ (nominative/accusative singular neuter, or accusative singular masculine)

1. stood, stood still
2. fixed, established
3. remained

Built from

• ṭhi — root · stand, remain
  Concrete image of remaining upright in place. Cognate with Sanskrit sthā, Greek stásis, English stand.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the action as completed; agrees with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case. Here accusative singular, used predicatively or attributively.

Etymology. Root √ṭhā (stand); cognate with Sanskrit sthitá-, Greek stásis (a standing, state), English stand. The root expresses the concrete image of remaining upright in one place.

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

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