Then a certain monk went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, he said to the Blessed One: "'The world, the world' it is said. In what respect does the word 'world' apply?" Lokapañhā Sutta
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This seems like an etymological pun, isn't it? Something like a pun based on loka and lī-? (I am not sure about the Pāli thereof)
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It seems likely! "Disintegrate" is from the Pāli "lujjati" meaning "break up"/"fall apart"—the phrase being "lujjatī’ti kho ... tasmā lokoti vuccati."
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