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upaṭṭhitā

upaṭṭhita

masc nom pl of upaṭṭhita (pp); fem nom sg of upaṭṭhita (pp); fem nom pl of upaṭṭhita (pp); nt nom pl of upaṭṭhita (pp); …

1. present; in attendance; established; lit. stood near
2. arrived; present; occurred; lit. stood near
3. stuck to; devoted to; applied oneself to; lit. stood near

Built from

• upa — prefix · near, close to
  Concrete sense of being up close and alongside. Cognate with Sanskrit upa, Greek hypo-, Latin sub-, English up.
• ṭhā — root · stand
  Cognate with Sanskrit sthā, English stand, Gothic standan. The image is spatial: one who stands near a person is present and attends them.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the word as a past participle, denoting a state resulting from the action: 'having stood near', hence 'present, established, devoted'.

Etymology. upa- (near, alongside) + √ṭhā (stand), cognate with Sanskrit sthā and English stand, Gothic standan. The spatial sense 'standing near' is foundational: one stands beside a teacher (upaṭṭhāti) to attend and serve, hence 'present' and later 'devoted to'.

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

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