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pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ

pariyosānakalyāṇa

accusative singular neuter of pariyosānakalyāṇa (adjective/noun)

1. beauty at the conclusion
2. excellence of ending
3. perfection brought to completion

Built from

• pari- — prefix · around, all the way round
  Spatial prefix expressing completeness and totality; cognate with Greek peri- (perimeter). Here it intensifies the sense of full, rounded perfection.
• yosāna — stem · ending, conclusion
  Derived from √yas (to end, be exhausted). Denotes the completion or terminus of a process.
• kalyāṇa — stem · beauty, goodness, excellence
  Adjective meaning beautiful, good, auspicious; related to PIE *kel- and Greek kallos. Often used in doctrinal contexts to mean wholesome or meritorious.
• -ṁ — ending · accusative singular neuter
  Marks the direct object accusative case, singular number, neuter gender; used here as the object of a verb of accomplishment or praise.

Analysis. pari- (around, all the way round) + yosāna (ending, conclusion) + kalyāṇa (beauty, goodness); the compound expresses completeness and excellence brought to full conclusion.

Etymology. pari- prefix expressing totality; yosāna from √yas (to become exhausted, end); kalyāṇa from PIE *kel- (to excel, be beautiful), cognate with Greek kallos (beauty). The prefix pari- preserves its spatial sense of 'all the way round' as it becomes the abstract notion of completeness.

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

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