See also: vipassana

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From vi- +‎ passanā or vipassati (verb) +‎ -anā. Cognate with Sanskrit विपश्यना (vipaśyanā). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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vipassanā f

  1. (Buddhism) vipassana (insight into the true nature of reality)

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Further reading

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  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vipassanā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  • Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 580.