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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryParinibbāyin, (fr. parinibbāyati) one who attains Parinibbāna. Of the 2 meanings registered under parinibbāna we find No. 1 only in a very restricted use, when taken in both senses of sa- and an- upādisesa parinibbāna; e.g. at A. II, 155 sq. , where the distinction is made between a sa-saṅkhāra p. and an a-saṅkhāra p. , as these two terms also occur in the fivefold classification of “Never-returners” (i.e. those who are not reborn) viz. antarā-parinibbāyin, upahacca°, sasaṅkhāra°, uddhaṃsota, akaniṭṭhagāmin. Thus at D. III, 237; S. V, 201, 237; A. I, 233; IV, 14, 71 sq. , 146, 380; V, 120; Pug. 16, 17.—2. In the sense of Parinibbāna No. 2 (i.e. sa-upādisesa p.) we find parinibbāyin almost as an equivalent of arahant in two combns, viz. (a) tattha° (always combined with opapātika, i.e. above the ordinary cause of birth) (cp. BSk. tatra-parinirvāyin anāgāmin Divy 533). It is also invariably combined with anāvattidhamma, e.g. at D. I, 156; III, 108, 132; M. II, 56, 146; A. I, 232; 245, 290; II, 5, 89, 238; IV, 12, 399, 423; V, 343; S. V, 346 (cp. 406), 357; Pug. 16, 62, 83. See also Kvu trsl. 742.—(b) antara° (cp. BSk. antarāparinirvāyin MVastu I. 33) one who passes away in the middle of his term of life in a particular heaven; an Anāgāmin (cp. Bdhgh’s explanation at PugA 198 as “āyuvemajjhassa antarā yeva parinibbāyanato a. p. ”) S. V, 69=A. IV, 70; S. V, 201=204, 237, 285, 314, 378; A. II, 134; Ps. I, 161; Pug. 16; Nett 190 (cp. A. IV, 380). (Page 428)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Ends with: Antaraparinibbayin.
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