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tiṭṭhato

tiṭṭhanta

masc dat sg of tiṭṭhanta (prp); nt dat sg of tiṭṭhanta (prp); masc gen sg of tiṭṭhanta (prp); nt gen sg of tiṭṭhanta (prp)

1. standing (in); standing still
2. lasting; remaining; persisting; lit. standing

Built from

• tiṭṭha — root · stand, remain
  Reduplicated form of √tṭha. Cognate with Sanskrit sthā, Latin stāre, Greek histanai. The concrete image of uprightness becomes the abstract sense of persistence and stability.
• -nta — ending · present participle
  Marks the present participle, indicating an ongoing or habitual action (here standing/remaining). The dative-genitive ending -to attaches to the participle stem to show the object or beneficiary of the action.

Etymology. From √tṭha (stand, remain), cognate with Sanskrit sthā, Latin stāre (stand), Greek stasis (standing position, state), English stand. The root expresses the concrete image of being upright and stationary, extended to persistence and stability.

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

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