जरामरण
Jarā-maraṇa
Aging-and-death / Decay and death
老死
Grammar 語法
dvandva compound: jarā (aging — feminine noun) + maraṇa (death — neuter noun)
Definition 釋義
The twelfth and final link of Dependent Origination — aging and death, conditioned by birth (jāti). This link encompasses the entire arc of deterioration: the wearing down of the body and faculties, the approach of death, and all the attendant sorrow (soka), lamentation (parideva), pain (dukkha), grief (domanassa), and despair (upāyāsa). The entire chain of Dependent Origination begins with avijjā (ignorance) and ends with jarā-maraṇa — the full scope of dukkha. Seeing this chain is seeing the origin of suffering; the cessation of avijjā leads to the cessation of jarā-maraṇa.
Canonical Example 典籍例句
Jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṃ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.
With birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair come to be.
Source: SN 12.1
At a Glance
- Pali
- Jarā-maraṇa
- IAST
- Jarā-maraṇa
- Devanagari
- जरामरण
- Chinese
- 老死
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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