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aparimāṇaṁ

aparimāṇa

accusative singular neuter of aparimāṇa (adjective)

1. immeasurable
2. boundless
3. infinite

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• parimāṇa — stem · measure, limit
  pari- (around, all the way round) + mā- (measure: cognates with Sanskrit mā-, Greek metron, English measure). Denotes that which goes completely around and fixes a boundary.

Analysis. a- (without) + parimāṇa (measure, limit); boundless in extent or quality.

Etymology. a- (negation) + pari- (around, completely) + mā- (measure; cognate with Sanskrit mā-, Greek metron, English measure) + -ṇa (suffix forming abstract nouns). The compound literally denies any measure that goes all the way around.

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

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