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anuddhato

anuddhata

masc nom sg of anuddhata (pp)

1. not arrogant; not pompous; not puffed up with pride; lit. not carried up
2. not agitated; calm; unruffled; lit. not carried up

Built from

• an- — prefix · not, without
  Negates the following adjective. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)- as in atheist.
• ud- — prefix · up, out
  Conveys upward motion. Cognates: English up, German aus. Here fused with dhā to form uddhata.
• dhā — root · place, bear
  Common root meaning to set down or carry. Related to English do, Latin facere.
• -ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the word as a completed action state: "carried up" → "that which is carried up".

Etymology. an- (prefix: not, without) + uddhata (past participle of uddhati, "carried up, lifted"; from ud- "up, out" + √dhā "place, bear"). The concrete image of being "not lifted up" underlies both the literal sense (not physically carried upward, hence calm) and the figurative sense (not puffed up with spiritual pride). Cognates: English up, German aus (ud- prefix).

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

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