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uddissakataṁ

uddissaka

accusative singular neuter of uddissaka (adjective), or nominative/accusative singular neuter of the past participle stem uddissakata

1. dedicated
2. assigned
3. made over to
4. offered

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out, forth
  Prefix indicating upward or outward direction; here contributes the sense of putting something forward or making it manifest.
• dis — root · point, assign, show
  Root meaning to point out or designate; closely related to the Indo-European root *deik- (to show, point out).
• saka — ending · agent/adjective-forming suffix
  Suffix -saka forms agent nouns and adjectives; here creates an adjective meaning 'capable of being pointed out' or 'assigned'.
• ta — ending · past participle neuter
  Past participle ending -ta, marked for neuter gender and accusative singular number, indicating completed action as an object or attribute.

Analysis. ud + dis + -saka: ud- (up, out, forth) + √dis (point out, assign) + -saka (agent suffix, forming adjectives), yielding 'put forward/assigned'. The -ta ending marks it as a past participle form.

Etymology. √dis (to point, designate, assign) with prefix ud- (up, forth, out), originally meaning 'to point out or designate toward a goal'. Related to Latin dicere (to say, point out) through Indo-European *deik- (to show, point).

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

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