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antaradhāyati

pr 3rd sg of antaradhāyati (verb)

1. disappears; vanishes; lit. places in-between

Built from

• anta — prefix · within, at the limit
  The inner space at the boundary; originally spatial, it came to mean 'inward', 'hidden'. Cognate with English 'end' and Sanskrit anta-.
• dhā — root · place, put
  √dhā 'to place, put, lay'; used causatively here. Cognate with Greek thē- (in thesis), Latin faciō (from proto-form *dhē-), and English do.
• ya — ending · causative
  The -ya- suffix marks the causative voice; here it means 'causes to place' or 'places'.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg present
  The present indicative ending; marks third person singular active.

Analysis. anta- (end, limit, inner) + radhāyati (places, puts); literally 'places within/at the limit', hence disappears from view or withdraws into concealment.

Etymology. From anta- 'end, limit, interior' (Sanskrit anta-, cognate with English end) + √dhā 'place, put' (with causative -aya-). The prefix anta- originally denoted spatial boundedness; the compound crystallized to mean 'go into the bounds', thus 'withdraw, vanish'. Cognate with Sanskrit antaradhīyate.

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

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