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uṭṭhāyāsanā

gerund (absolutive)

1. rising from one's seat

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Directional prefix marking upward emergence; related to English "out" and German "aus".
• ṭhā — root · stand
  Root meaning to stand or be in place; cognate with English "stand", Greek stasis, Latin status. Combined with ud-, it means to rise up or stand up.
• ya — ending · having done (gerund)
  Gerundial ending (absolutive or indeclinable participle) marking a completed action that accompanies or precedes the main clause action.
• āsanā — stem · from seat
  Instrumental singular of āsana (seat), derived from √ās (sit). The instrumental marks the location or proximate relation: standing up away from the seat.

Analysis. Compound: uṭ-ṭhāya (having risen up, from ud-ṭhahati "stands up") + āsanā (from one's seat, instrumental of āsana "seat"). The gerund denotes an action accompanying or preceding the main verb: "having risen from the seat".

Etymology. ud- (up, out) + √sthā (stand, cognate with English "stand", Greek stasis, Latin status, Sanskrit sthā). The prefix ud- reverses static verbs to mean emergence and arising. Āsana derives from √ās (sit), cognate with Latin sedere and English "sit".

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

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