…not reborn) viz. antarā-parinibbāyin, upahacca˚, sasankhāra˚ uddhaṃsota, akaniṭṭhagāmin. Thus at DN.iii.237; SN.v.201, SN.v.237;…

one who realized nibbāna beforehand (before passing the midpoint of his term life in heaven)

who realizes nibbāna there, in that state.

who realizes nibbāna in the latter half of his existence in one of the suddhāvāsas

…to prevent Ja.vi.295.

• -parinibbāyin an Anāgāmin who passes away in the middle of his term of life in some…

…to the highest gods (cp. parinibbāyin) SN.v.237 SN.v.285, etc. -bhavana the abode of the highest gods Ja.iii.487.

Sk. kaniṣṭha; compar….

…adhivacanaṃ SN.v.8. See parinibbāyin;

• -ninna (+ ˚poṇa, ˚pabbhāra; cp. III. 3) converging into N. AN.iii.443;…

passing away, see parinibbāyin 2 b.

abstr. fr. parinibbāyin

…≈ AN.i.134; see under parinibbāyin) DN.i.156; AN.i.232 AN.ii.5; AN.iv.12; SN.v.357; MN.ii.52, etc. The meaning of…

…only in phrase upahacca-parinibbāyin “coming to extinction after reducing the time of rebirths (or after having almost reached the…

…gives it as “deeply affected and touched in heart”: doubtful. The phrase upahaccaparinibbāyin may receive light from…