Reply To: Anantariya Kamma, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicides

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Lal
Keymaster

Y not asked: “..why is an Anagami (non-returner) called such when he does return (to any of those realms reserved for Anagamis)? Only an Arahant does not return anywhere.”

It seems to me what you are really asking is: “ why is an Anagami called a non-returner? Only an Arahant does not return anywhere.”.

The word Anāgāmi comes from “na” + “āgāmi” or “not coming back”: “na” + “āgāmi”  rhymes as “anāgāmi”. It  means “not coming back to the kama loka”.
– He/she will attain Nibbāna from those brahma realms.

By the way, this is another word the meaning of which comes only by analyzing phonetically, not grammatically, just like the word “ānantariya”, that we discussed above.