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athāpare

athāpara

masc acc pl of athāpara (adj); nt acc pl of athāpara (adj); masc loc sg of athāpara (adj); nt loc sg of athāpara (adj); …

1. then more; then in addition; then any other

Built from

• atha — root · then, at that point
  An inherited adverb with no clear internal morphology; used to mark transitions and beginnings of narrative or doctrinal exposition.
• ā — prefix · toward, reversing motion
  The reversal prefix ā here extends āpara outward: 'going beyond, further on' becomes 'another, other, next'.
• para — root · far, beyond
  From Indo-European *per- 'to go forward, move past'; English 'far', 'fare'; Latin 'prō'. The sense 'other' arises from 'that which lies beyond or is set apart'.

Analysis. atha 'then' + āpara 'other, remaining'; a correlative phrase meaning 'then [in addition to what was said], other [matters/people]', used to introduce further points or alternatives.

Etymology. atha is an inherited adverb (Sanskrit atha) of uncertain origin; āpara is ā + √para, where para derives from the Indo-European root *per- 'to go forward, move beyond' (cognates: English 'far', Latin 'prō'), and ā reverses or extends its sense to mean 'another, other, further'; the compound athāpara became a stock formula in both Pali and Sanskrit for 'and furthermore', 'or alternatively'.

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

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