parinibbuto

Updated: April 30, 2025

With the death of an arhat comes the state known as an-upâdi-sesa-nibbânam in which no skandhas remain. It is also called Parinibbânam and this word and the participle parinibbuto are frequently used with special reference to the death of the Buddha . The difference between the two forms of nirvana is important though the second is only the continuation of the first.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1