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sokaparidevānaṁ

sokaparidevanā

genitive plural feminine of sokaparidevanā (noun)

1. grief and lamentation
2. sorrow and wailing

Built from

• pari — prefix · all around, completely
  The prefix pari conveys the totality and completeness of the emotional state—grief manifesting fully and continuously.
• dev — root · weep, wail
  The root √dev captures the vocalization of sorrow, the outward expression that follows inner distress.

Analysis. soka (grief, sorrow) + paridevanā (lamentation, wailing); a dvandva (paired) compound expressing the two forms of emotional suffering—inner grief and its outward vocal expression.

Etymology. soka is related to Sanskrit śoka and the Indo-European root *seugh- (to sigh, groan); paridevanā combines pari- (all around, completely) + √dev (to weep, wail), originally the sound of grief spreading outward in all directions.

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

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