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paripūrakārino

paripūrakārī

masc nom pl of paripūrakārī (adj); masc acc pl of paripūrakārī (adj); masc dat sg of paripūrakārī (adj); nt dat sg of paripūrakārī (adj); …

1. who completely fulfils; who is complete (wrt); who practices fully

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, complete
  Completeness achieved by going all the way round; spatial image of a circular thoroughness.
• pūra — root · full
  From *plē- (to fill). Cognates: English full, Latin plēnus, Greek plḗrēs.
• kār — stem · making, doing
  From √kar (to do, make). Cognates: English craft, Sanskrit kṛ-, PIE *k̑er-.
• ī — ending · agent (masc/fem nom pl or other case)
  Forms an agent noun or adjective from a verbal stem; here marks the nominalizer as a practicing agent, with plural or oblique case agreement.

Analysis. pari- (around, all the way round, completeness) + pūra (full) + kāra (making, doing) + -ī (agent noun forming adjective); 'one who brings fullness all the way round', completing or fulfilling entirely.

Etymology. pari- < PIE *per- (forward, through; cognate Latin per-, Greek peri-); pūra from *plē- (fill; cognate English full, Latin plēnus, Greek plḗrēs); kāra from √kar (do, make; cognate English craft, Sanskrit kṛ-, PIE *k̑er-).

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

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