Pāli Dictionary

maraṇa

marrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

mar1මැරෙනවා

Literal

dying

Synonyms

mata, kālakiriyā

Antonyms

jāti, jīvita, amaraṇa

doctrine

  • මරණය; මිය යාම

  • death; dying; the breaking up of the aggregates at the end of life

  • SN 12.2

    yaṃ tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhā tamhā sattanikāyā cuti cavanatā... idaṃ vuccati maraṇaṃ

māraṇa

approximate

māretistemaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

mar1මැරෙනවා

ethics

  • මැරීම; මරණයට පත් කිරීම

  • killing; slaying; the act of causing death

  • DN 30

    māraṇavadhabhay'attano viditvā, paṭivirato paraṃ māraṇāy'ahosi, tena sucaritena saggam'agamā, sukataphalavipākam'anubhosi.

māra

approximate

marrootasuffix

via inflected form mārāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

mar1මැරෙනවා

Synonyms

maccu

doctrine

  • මරණය; මරණය පුද්ගලාරෝපණය; මරන්නා

  • death; Death personified; the killer

  • Snp 5.11

    etadaññāya ye satā, diṭṭhadhamm'ābhinibbutā, na te māravas'ānugo, na te mārassa paddhagū'ti.

  • SN 35.240

    evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, tumhe'pi māro pāpimā satataṃ samitaṃ paccupaṭṭhito, app'eva nām'āhaṃ imesaṃ cakkhuto vā otāraṃ labheyyaṃ

  • මාරයා; වසවත්තිමාරයා; කුසල් දහම් වළක්වන්නා; කිලෙස් මාරයා ආදිය

  • the Evil One; the Tempter; Māra (as a deity or the personification of defilements, aggregates, and worldly existence that obstructs liberation)

  • Snp 5.11

    etadaññāya ye satā, diṭṭhadhamm'ābhinibbutā, na te māravas'ānugo, na te mārassa paddhagū'ti.

  • SN 35.240

    evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, tumhe'pi māro pāpimā satataṃ samitaṃ paccupaṭṭhito, app'eva nām'āhaṃ imesaṃ cakkhuto vā otāraṃ labheyyaṃ

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