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tiṭṭhatesā

sandhi contraction: tiṭṭhatu + esā

1. never mind that!; let that be!; lit. let that stand

Built from

• tiṭṭha — stem · stand; remain
  3rd person singular imperative of tiṭṭhati, an iterative-intensive of √sthā, with geminate -ṭṭ- intensifying the meaning. Cognate with English stand, Latin stāre, Sanskrit sthā-.
• -tu — ending · jussive (let, may)
  Imperative marker forming exhortations and commands: 'let him/her/it do X'.
• esā — root · that (feminine)
  Feminine nominative singular of the demonstrative pronoun eta. Standing in apposition as the object of dismissal: 'let that [matter] stand'.

Analysis. tiṭṭhatu (3rd person singular imperative of tiṭṭhati, 'let [it] stand') + esā (feminine nominative singular of eta, 'that'), contracted in sandhi: the -u of tiṭṭhatu drops before the vowel-initial esā, yielding tiṭṭhat-esā, then resyllabified as tiṭṭhatesā. An idiom meaning 'let that [matter] stand'—dismissal or resignation.

Etymology. tiṭṭhati is an Indic iterative-intensive (geminate) form of √sthā 'stand' (Sanskrit sthā-, cognates: English stand, German stehen, Latin stāre). The contraction shows Pali's sandhi rules applying within the phrase.

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

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