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patiṭṭhitāni

patiṭṭhita

nt nom pl of patiṭṭhita (pp); nt acc pl of patiṭṭhita (pp); nt voc pl of patiṭṭhita (pp)

1. firmly grounded; well established (in); lit. stood back
2. set; fixed; settled; established (in); lit. stood back
3. confirmed; established; admitted (by); lit. stood back
4. (of an embryo) conceived; lit. stood back

Built from

• paṭi — prefix · back, against
  The prefix paṭi frames standing as a counter-stance or fixed positioning. Concrete imagery: something pressed back into place.
• ṭha — root · stand
  Root meaning 'stand', 'be firm'. Cognates: English stand, Greek stasis (στάσις), Latin stāre. The image is literal stance.
• ita — ending · past participle
  Passive past participle ending -ita marks the state resulting from the action: 'having been stood back', hence 'established, fixed'.

Analysis. paṭi + ṭhita: 'stood back' (paṭi 'back, against' + ṭhita 'stood', past participle of ṭhahati). The prefix paṭi reverses or grounds the action of standing, giving the sense of taking a firm stance or being established in place.

Etymology. From paṭi + √ṭhā (stand). The root ṭhā is cognate with English 'stand', Greek stasis (στάσις), Latin stāre. The prefix paṭi ('back, against') originally meant a counter-positioning, here crystallized into 'firmly established' or 'grounded back into place'. Related to Sanskrit pratiṣṭhita.

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

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