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uddeso

uddesa

masc nom sg of uddesa (noun); masc nom sg of uddesa (adj)

1. proposition; synopsis; statement in brief; summary; introduction; lit. pointing up
2. recitation; chanting; lit. pointing up
3. indication; expression; characteristic; description; identification; lit. pointing up
4. rules; precepts; Pātimokkha; lit. pointing up
5. teaching; instruction; lit. pointing up
6. destined for; lit. pointing up
7. intended for; designated for; lit. pointing up
8. (gram) summary, indication, indicative pronoun; lit. pointing up

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Spatial prefix meaning upward and outward emergence. Cognates: English out, German aus.
• des — root · point, show
  √dis or desanā: to indicate, designate, or make manifest. The prefix ud- sharpens this into 'pointing distinctly upward or forward'.

Analysis. ud + √dis (or desanā stem): 'pointing up', hence 'pointing out clearly' or 'putting forward a statement'; the nominative singular form used attributively or predicatively.

Etymology. ud- (up, out: English out, German aus) + √dis/desa (to point, show, designate): the prefix reverses the direction of pointing from passive to active disclosure. Sanskrit udghaṭṭayati 'opens up', Latin dis- (distinguish, display) share the sense of separating things into clarity.

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

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