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vuṭṭhānaṁ

vuṭṭhāna

accusative singular masculine of vuṭṭhāna (noun)

1. rising up
2. exertion
3. activity
4. effort

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Indicates upward or outward motion; the standing-up gesture gives the noun its sense of exertion.
• sthā — root · stand
  The root of Latin stāre and English stand; denotes position and stability.
• āna — ending · action noun
  Forms an action noun or gerund; -āna nominalizes the verbal idea into a thing or process.

Analysis. ud + √sthā, "out and up + stand": the concrete image of standing up and rising out of a lying or seated position, hence exertion and active effort.

Etymology. From ud- (up, out) + √sthā (stand; cognate with English stand, Latin stāre). The prefix ud- reverses downward motion, so ud + sthā yields "standing up, rising out." Compare Sanskrit utthāna and Pali uppilāpana (arising).

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

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