Pāli Dictionary

aparāparaṃ

aparastemaparastemaṃsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

dhuvaṃ, niccakālaṃ

general

  • repeatedly, again and again; successively; to and fro

  • Thag 2.1

    n'atthi koci bhavo nicco, saṅkhārā vā'pi sassatā, uppajjanti ca te khandhā, cavanti apar'āparaṃ.

aparāpara

aparastemaparastem

via inflected form aparāparaṃ · nominative singular / accusative singular

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • one after another; successive; alternating; various

  • SN 3.17

    āyuṃ arogiyaṃ vaṇṇaṃ, saggaṃ uccākulīnataṃ, ratiyo patthayantena, uḷārā apar'āparā.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 3

apārāpāraṃ
  1. apārāapāra

    the near shore; the bank on this side (of a river); this world here (as opposed to the further shore, Nibbāna)

  2. pāraṃ

    beyond; across; over; to the other side

apārāapāraṃ
  1. apārāapāra

    the near shore; the bank on this side (of a river); this world here (as opposed to the further shore, Nibbāna)

  2. apāraṃapāra

    the near shore; the bank on this side (of a river); this world here (as opposed to the further shore, Nibbāna)

apāroapāraṃ
  1. apāroapāra

    boundless; limitless; without a further shore; shoreless

  2. apāraṃapāra

    the near shore; the bank on this side (of a river); this world here (as opposed to the further shore, Nibbāna)

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