pa-ma · W194

pama · material realm; space of matter; the physical plane · ✅

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Domain	Cosmology / Metaphysics / Physics
Class	place / realm
Type	compound
Register	general / formal
First use	DND-003, Material Plane (S621): la-na-Material ne pa-ma

Composition

pa (space/place) + ma (matter/substance). Head-final: ma (matter) is head; pa specifies it as a spatial domain. pa-ma = the spatial realm defined by matter = the Material Plane. Contrasts with to-pa (W195 thought-realm): the two poles of cosmological substance are matter-primary (pa-ma) and thought-primary (to-pa).

Definition

material realm; space of matter; the physical plane; any cosmological domain whose primary constituent is physical matter.

Notes

W194. First attested DND-003 (S621, Material Plane). Contrast with pa-su (W157 = mountain = structured place): a mountain is a structured instance within physical space; pa-ma is the cosmological category of matter-primary space. Different heads, different meaning. Also contrast with pa-ra (W053 = energetic field) and pa-vo-fe (W153 = holy ground) — all pa-X compounds with distinct readings.

Related

pa (primitive), ma (primitive), to-pa (W195 thought-realm — contrast pair), pa-su (W157 mountain — different head), pa-ra (W053 energetic field)

In the corpus

2 attestations.

S#	Tonesu
S039	lo-ma-di ha-vo nu-no lo-pa-ma The water [has] less thermal quality than the air.
S621	la-na-Material ne pa-ma The Material Plane is the realm of matter.
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