Pāli Dictionary

kālakiriyā

kālastemkiriyāstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

maraṇa, mata

general

  • 死；逝去；命終（字義は「時をなす」；仏陀や阿羅漢などの入滅・逝去の尊称としても用いる）

  • death; dying; passing away (lit. doing time; making an end of one’s time)

  • AN 6.14

    tathā tathā, āvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṃ kappeti yathā yath'āssa vihāraṃ kappayato na bhaddakaṃ maraṇaṃ hoti, na bhaddikā kālakiriyā.

  • DN 22

    katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, maraṇaṃ? yaṃ tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhā tamhā sattanikāyā cuti cavanatā bhedo antaradhānaṃ maccu maraṇaṃ kālakiriyā khandhānaṃ bhedo kaḷevarassa nikkhepo jīvit'indriyassupacchedo, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, maraṇaṃ

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