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kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ

kevalaparipu​ṇṇa

adjective (accusative singular masculine), meaning 'completely full' or 'entirely complete'

1. completely full
2. entirely complete
3. wholly perfected

Built from

• kevalá — root · alone, sole
  Exclusivity and singularity; marks something as standalone and uncompounded.
• pari — prefix · around, all the way round
  Spatial sense of completeness and wholeness; like Greek peri- (perimeter).
• púṇṇa — stem · full
  From the root púr- 'to fill'; cognate with English full and Latin plenus.
• -aṁ — ending · accusative singular
  Marks the direct object or predicative complement in accusative case, masculine form.

Analysis. kevalá + paripúṇṇa: kevala 'alone, sole, exclusive' + paripúṇṇa 'full, complete' (from pari- 'all around' + púṇṇa 'full'). The prefix pari- adds the sense of completeness and roundness; kevala then intensifies this to mean 'exclusively, wholly complete'.

Etymology. Kevala derives from an Indo-European root meaning 'to be alone' (akin to Sanskrit kevala); paripúṇṇa is from pari- 'around' + the root púr- 'to fill' (cognate with English full, Greek plḗrēs). Together they stress both the roundedness (all-around fullness) and the exclusivity (alone, complete) of the state described.

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

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