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antarahito

antarahita

masc nom sg of antarahita (pp)

1. disappeared; vanished (from); lit. placed inside
2. without; bereft of; lit. placed inside
3. invisible; imperceptible; lit. placed inside

Built from

• antara — root · inside, between
  From anta- (boundary, end) + -ra (comparative), 'the interior part'. The spatial imagery is fundamental: being inside means being hidden or removed from perception.
• hita — stem · placed, put
  Past participle of √dhā (place, set), cognate with Greek thesis (θέσις, arrangement) and Latin -ditus (as in conditio). Here it carries the sense of 'positioned' or 'placed (inside)'.
• o — ending · masculine nominative singular
  The -o ending marks the masculine nominative singular form of the past participle used attributively.

Analysis. antara- (inside, between) + -hita (placed, put) — literally 'placed inside', hence hidden from view, vanished, or lacking.

Etymology. antara- from anta- (end, boundary, interior) + -ra (comparative suffix), 'interior'; hita is the past participle of √dhā (place, put), cognate with Greek thesis (θέσις) and English do. The root √dhā fundamentally means 'to place', and hita in compounds preserves this sense of 'positioned' or 'placed'. The spatial prefix logic: what is placed inside (antara-) is out of sight.

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

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