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parikkhayaṁ

parikkhaya

accusative singular masculine

1. complete destruction
2. total wasting away
3. end of the life-span

Built from

• pari — prefix · completely, all around
  Emphasizes comprehensiveness and finality; things brought full circle to their end. Common in doctrinal compounds for full understanding and total cessation.
• kkhaya — root · wasting, decay
  From √kshi 'to waste away', cognate with Greek thisis and Latin tabes (wasting disease). The concrete image: gradual consumption until nothing remains.

Analysis. pari- (around, completely) + kkhaya (wasting away, decay). The prefix emphasizes the thorough exhaustion of the substrate.

Etymology. √kshi (to waste, decay; cognate with Greek thisis and Latin tabes, both meaning wasting disease). The prefix pari- gives completeness and finality: not mere decline but total consumption.

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

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