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Etymology edit

paritassati (to tremble) +‎ -anā

Noun edit

paritassanā f

  1. trembling, fear[1]
    • c. 50 BC, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Khandha-Vagga, Khanda-Saṃyuttaṃ; republished as M. Leon Freer, editor, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Part III: Khandha-Vagga[1], London: Pali Text Society, 1890, XXII (Book 1), Section 1 Mulapaññāsa, Chapter 1 Nakulapitā-Vaggo Pathamo, Sutta 8 Upādāparitassanā (2), page 18:
      Kathaṃ ca bhikkhave anupādā aparitassanā hoti.
      And how, mendicants, does not grasping lead to freedom from anxiety?
  2. hesitation [1]
  3. excitement [2]

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 347.
  2. ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “paritassanā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead