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aparisesaṁ

aparisesa

accusative singular neuter of aparisesa (adjective/noun)

1. without remainder
2. complete
3. entire

Built from

• a — prefix · without, not
  Plain negation. The prefix negates what follows.
• pari — prefix · around, all round
  Conveys completeness and thoroughness by going all the way around.
• ses — root · remain, be left
  Root meaning to stay behind or be left over; sesa means 'remainder' or 'what is left'.
• a — ending · neuter nominative singular stem
  The -a marks the neuter stem; -ṁ (accusative singular) agrees with the object in the sentence.

Analysis. a- (without) + parisesa (remainder, residue); literally 'not-remainder', hence 'leaving nothing behind'.

Etymology. a- (negation) + parisesa, from pari- (around, all the way round) + sesa (left over, remainder). The prefix pari- conveys the sense of going all around until completion; the negation makes it 'without leftover'—complete and entire. Sanskrit parisheṣa has the same structure.

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

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