Dear Phil,

You can look at the explanation of mara.na (death) in the Section about the Four Truths (Catusaccapabba) in Mahaasatipa.t.thaana Sutta or practically identical passage in Saccavibha'nga Sutta (Majjhimanikaaya, 141). There are enumerated synonyms of mara.na like cuti, cavanataa (both derivatives from cavati - "passes away, shifts"), bheda ("breach, disunion" from bhedeti - the causative of bhindati - "breaks"), antaradhaana ("disappearance" from antaradhaayati - "disappears"), maccu ("death"), kaalakiriyaa (literally "action of time"). I suppose there also could be other words and synonyms - the ancient Indo-Aryan languages are very abundant in this respect.

With metta,
Ardavarz

--- On Wed, 3/25/09, Phil <philco777@...> wrote:
From: Phil <philco777@...>
Subject: [Pali] Various words for death
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 5:51 AM
















Dear Group



Can you help me understand various words that are used for death?



In subjects for frequent recollection we have "marana dhammomi maranam anatiito." Is there any relation here to Mara, the destroyer?



In many Dhammapada verses I have seen maccuno (e.g pamaado maccuno padam)



In one Dhammapada verse, I saw this line which according to the translation contains a reference to death. "atittha~nn~ eva kaamese, antako kurute vasam" but I don't know which word it is.



Any feedback on the various words for death used in the texts would be appreciated.



Thank you for your time.



Metta,



Phil































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