antako

antaka

masc nom sg of antaka (noun)

Death; lit. ender

Built from

anta — root · end, limit
The concrete boundary or edge of something; transferred to death as the ultimate limit of life. Cognate with English end, Sanskrit anta-.
ka — ending · agent suffix
Nominal suffix forming agent nouns (one who performs the action); here nominative singular masculine.

Analysis. anta- (end, limit) + -ka (agent noun suffix); Death personified as the one who brings endings, a frequent epithet in the canon for Māra and death itself.

Etymology. From anta (end, limit, boundary) + -ka. The root is anta-, related to Sanskrit anta- and ultimately to Indo-European *h₂end- (end, boundary); cognate with English end, Latin antae (pilasters). The suffix -ka forms agent nouns (the one who does X), making antaka literally 'the ender'. In Buddhist texts, antaka is used as an epithet for Māra, death personified.

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

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