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samparāyikā

samparāyika

masc nom pl of samparāyika (adj); fem nom sg of samparāyika (adj); fem nom pl of samparāyika (adj); nt nom pl of samparāyika (adj); …

1. in the next world; related to the next life; of relevance to the hereafter

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Here it reinforces or intensifies the sense of moving completely away into the next realm.
• parāya — stem · gone beyond, departed
  Pari 'around, away' + aya (past participle of √yā 'go'): that which has gone away and around, departed to the far shore.
• -ika — ending · relating to, of the nature of
  Adjectival suffix forming an adjective meaning 'pertaining to' or 'of the kind of'; here it transforms the noun samparāya (the next world) into an adjective describing things related to or belonging to that realm.

Analysis. samparāya (next life, world to come) + -ika (relating to, of the nature of). Samparāya itself is saṁ + parāya, where parāya means 'departed, gone beyond' — the world that has gone beyond (the present life).

Etymology. From saṁ (together) + parāya (gone beyond, departed: from pari 'around, away' + aya, past participle of √yā 'go'). The notion of 'the world beyond' or 'the next existence' is built from the concrete imagery of going away and passing through to the other side.

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

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