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uṭṭhānaṁ

uṭṭhāna

accusative singular neuter of uṭṭhāna (noun)

1. rising, getting up
2. exertion, effort
3. originating place, origin

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Upward and outward motion; here marks the standing-up action and the energy behind it.
• ṭhā — root · stand
  Related to English 'stand', Latin stāre, Sanskrit sthā. The root conveys a fixed, stable position.
• ana — ending · nominalizing suffix
  Derives an abstract noun from the verbal root, turning the action of standing into the noun 'rising' or 'effort'.
• ṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Marks the object of a verb or the goal of a preposition in this sentence.

Analysis. ud + √thā (stand), literally 'standing up'; uṭṭhāna denotes both the action of rising and the effort or cause behind something.

Etymology. ud- (up, out) + √thā (to stand; cognate with English 'stand', Latin stāre). The prefix ud- carries its concrete sense of upward motion into the abstract meaning of effort and origination.

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

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