The History of Buddhist Thought c18.18

c18.18

⁴ A misconception (not found in Childers) has arisen about the distinction between nirvāṇa and parinirvāṇa. The latter is supposed to be the nirvāṇa reached at death, “ complete nirvāṇa.” But there is not the slightest evidence for this distinction. It has already been explained from the grammatical point of view (I think by E. Kuhn). Pari- compounded with a verb converts