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paripūro

paripūra

masc nom sg of paripūra (adj); masc nom sg of paripūra (pp); aor 2nd sg of paripūri (verb)

1. paripūra (adj): full; filled up; complete; lit. filling all around
2. paripūra (pp): filled (with); suffused (with); pervaded (by); lit. filled all around
3. paripūri (aor): became full or perfect; lit. caused to fill all around
4. paripūra (pp): complete; absolute; total; lit. filled all around
5. paripūra (pp): complete; finished; fulfilled; lit. filled all around

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, complete
  Spatial sense of all-the-way-round becomes the idea of total or perfect completion. Cognate with Greek peri- (perimeter).
• pūra — stem · filled, full
  From √pṝ 'to fill'. Cognate with Latin plenus and English full, both from Indo-European *pleh₂- 'to fill'.

Analysis. pari- (around, all the way round) + pūra (from √pṝ, to fill): 'filling all around', hence complete, perfect, or wholly pervaded.

Etymology. From √pṝ 'to fill', seen also in pūrayati 'fills' and Vedic pṛṇāti; cognate with Latin plenus 'full' and English full. The prefix pari- (around, complete) intensifies the notion from spatial circularity into wholeness; Sanskrit paripūrṇa matches exactly.

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

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