Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Semantically as thouɡh adhi- +‎ tiṭṭhati,[1] but with a different stem formation, which Geiger attributes to analogy with yāti.[2] There is a parallel stem in ṭhaha, which stem Geiger attributes in general to analogy with dahati from root dhā.

Verb edit

adhiṭṭhāti (root ṭhā, first conjugation)

  1. to stand on[3]
  2. to remain firm in[3]
  3. to devote oneself to[3]
  4. to perform[3]

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “adhiṭṭhāti”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. ^ Wilhelm Geiger (2005) Batakrishna Ghosh, transl., K.R. Norman, editor, A Pāli Grammar, Oxford: Pali Text Society, § 132, page 129
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 13.