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udapādi

aor 3rd sg of udapādi (verb); aor 2nd sg of udapādi (verb)

1. arose; sprang up (for); lit. went up
2. was re-born; lit. went up

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Concrete imagery of upward and outward motion; cognates English 'out', German 'aus'. Here part of the directional complex ud-a-.
• a — prefix · toward
  Reverses or intensifies motion verbs by directing them toward the speaker or a goal. Works here with ud to express emergence.
• pad — root · step, go, come to be
  PIE *ped- (foot); cognates English 'foot', Latin 'pes', Greek 'pous'. In Pali, pad extends to mean arrival, becoming, being born (padyate 'reaches, is born').
• i — ending · aorist 3rd sg (or 2nd sg)
  Marks simple past tense, unaugmented aorist form.

Analysis. ud- (up, upward and out) + a- (directional prefix, toward) + √pad (foot, step, going) + -i (aorist ending); literally 'stepped up and out'.

Etymology. ud- (English out, German aus) + a- (toward) + √pad (PIE *ped-, foot; cognates: English foot, Latin pes, Greek pous). The root pad means stepping, going, coming to be (compare Skt. padyate 'goes, reaches'). Compound expresses emergence or arising — both literal (springing up) and metaphorical (being born, originating).

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

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