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anuppattasadatthā

anuppattasadattha

masc nom pl of anuppattasadattha (adj); fem nom sg of anuppattasadattha (adj); fem nom pl of anuppattasadattha (adj); nt nom pl of anuppattasadattha (adj); …

1. who has achieved the highest goal; who has attained one's purpose; epithet of an arahant

Built from

• an — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation; cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• ud — prefix · up, out
  Upward motion and emergence; cognate with English out, German aus.
• pad — root · fall, reach, go
  The sense of arrival and attainment; cognate with Sanskrit pad-, Latin ped-, English path.
• tta — ending · past participle
  Passive past participle marking completed action; renders uppatta 'arisen, attained'.
• sa — prefix · that, self
  Demonstrative or emphasizing particle; heightens the sense of the following noun.
• adh — root · place, put
  Related to Sanskrit dha-; conveys the sense of 'standing, resting', here 'purpose' or 'position'.
• attha — stem · purpose, goal, meaning
  Sanskrit artha-; cognate with English art in older sense of aim or aim-driven craft. Denotes both material and spiritual goals.

Analysis. an- (not) + uppatta (attained, risen) + sadattha (highest goal, supreme purpose). Compound meaning: one for whom the highest purpose has not yet been attained, or contrarily, one who has fully attained it—the form emphasizes completion of the spiritual destination.

Etymology. From an- (negation prefix, Sanskrit an-, Greek a(n)- in atheist) + ud- (up, out) + √pad (fall, go, reach; Sanskrit pad-, Latin ped- foot, English path) + -tha (past participle suffix). Sadattha: sad (highest, Sanskrit sad-) + attha (purpose, goal, Sanskrit artha- meaning, wealth; cognate with English art in the sense of aim or craft). The prefix ud- imagery (upward motion, emergence) combined with pad (reaching, arrival) gives uppatta the sense of 'arisen, attained'; negated by an-, it forms the paradoxical epithet of one whose spiritual journey has reached its summit.

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

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