Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

papañca m

  1. obstacle, impediment
  2. (Theravada Buddhism) proliferation of thought or reactions, or the expansion of thoughts, reactions, and diffuseness, as an obstacle to spiritual progress

Declension edit

References edit

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “papañca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  • Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 331.