‹ Back to the text

saṇṭhahīti

saṇṭhahanta

3rd singular aorist indicative of saṇṭhahati; contraction saṇṭhahi + iti

1. saṇṭhahanta (prp): remaining, standing still; lit. standing together
2. saṇṭhahi (aor): was settled; was established (in); lit. stood together
3. saṇṭhāti (pr): remains; continues; persists; is established; stands firm (in); lit. stands together

Built from

• sam — prefix · together
  Things brought into one; here, the idea of gathering or consolidating into a firm standing.
• ṭha — root · stand, remain
  From Indo-European *steh₂-; cognates include English 'stand', Latin 'stāre', Sanskrit 'sthā'. Concrete imagery of staying upright.
• hi — ending · 3rd sg. aorist
  Marks simple past tense, 3rd person singular. Situates the standing as a completed event in time.
• iti — ending · quotative particle
  Marks the boundary of reported speech or a clause; 'thus, saying'. Often contracts with a preceding vowel.

Analysis. saṇṭhahi (3rd sg. aor. of saṇṭhati 'stood together, was established') + iti (quotative particle 'thus, saying'). The surface form contracts the vowels of the aorist with the initial vowel of iti.

Etymology. saṇṭhati = sam- (together) + √sthā (to stand, remain). The prefix sam- brings the concrete sense of 'standing together, gathering into one place' to the root √sthā, yielding 'stands firm, is established'. Sanskrit sthā (cognate with English 'stand', German 'stehen', Latin 'stāre') is the shared Indo-European root.

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version