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uddhaṅgamā

uddhaṅgama

masc nom pl of uddhaṅgama (adj); fem nom sg of uddhaṅgama (adj); fem nom pl of uddhaṅgama (adj); nt nom pl of uddhaṅgama (adj); …

1. going up; rising; ascending

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Spatial prefix meaning upward and outward motion. Cognates: English out, German aus.
• dhaṅ — root · bear, carry
  From √dhṛ (to hold, carry); shows the image of bearing or supporting something. Related to Sanskrit dhṛ-.
• gama — stem · going, motion
  Derived from √gam (to go, move); the stem form used in nominal compounds. Cognate: English come (via Indo-European *gwem-).

Analysis. ud + dhaṅ + gama: ud- (up, out) + √dhṛ → dhaṅ- (bearing, carrying) + √gam (going). The compound shows metaphorical extension from physical upward bearing/carrying to the upward motion itself; the sense is 'going upward' or 'ascending'.

Etymology. ud- (up, out; cognate English out, German aus) + √gam (go; cognate English come, Latin venire via *gwem-). The prefix ud- in its spatial sense 'upward and outward' combines with gama to create the image of motion directed upward.

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

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