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kathāpariyosānaṁ

kathāpariyosāna

accusative singular masculine of kathāpariyosāna (noun)

1. conclusion of discourse
2. end of a story
3. finishing a narrative

Built from

• kath — root · speak, story
  Root √kath 'speak, narrate', basis of kathā 'discourse, speech'.
• ā — ending · forms feminine noun
  Feminine nominative singular suffix, making kathā the feminine noun 'story'.
• pari — prefix · around, complete
  Spatial prefix expressing completion all the way round, here meaning 'to the very end'. Related to Greek peri- (perimeter).
• osān — stem · ending, conclusion
  Derived from √i 'go', with sense of descending/sinking to a finish; -osāna is the abstract noun form.
• aṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Accusative case marking the object of the verb 'to reach' or 'to complete'.

Analysis. kathā (story, discourse) + pari (around, completeness) + osāna (ending, conclusion); literally 'going all the way to the end of a discourse'

Etymology. pari- (around, complete: Greek peri-) + osāna (from √i 'go', with ava- downward sense of 'sinking to an end'); the prefix pari- conveys the sense of going completely through to the finish of a narrative

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

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