Maha Satipatthana Sutta explaned death as
 
" Ya tesam tesam sattanam tamha
tamha sattanikaya cuti, cavanata,
bhedo, antaradhanam,
maccumaranam, kalakiriya
khandhanam bhedo, kalebarassa nikkhepo,
jivitindriyassa upacchedo
 
Idam vuccati bhikkhave maranam

The departing of different kinds of beings in the various realms of sentient existence,
their leaving, their removal, disppearance,
demise, passing away, decease,
dissolution of the aggregates and discarding of the body, the destruction of faculty of life.
 
This monks, is called death.
 

--- On Wed, 25/3/09, DC Wijeratna <dcwijeratna@...> wrote:

From: DC Wijeratna <dcwijeratna@...>
Subject: Re: [Pali] Various words for death
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 25 March, 2009, 6:09 PM






Dear Phil,

This definition from Padaruupasddhi may help you:

"anta.m karotiiti antako maccu"

Antako is the one who brings about the end (death) also called maccu.

Mettaa D. G. D. C. Wijeratna

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From: Phil <philco777@... com>
To: Pali@... com
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:21:59 AM
Subject: [Pali] Various words for death

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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