vipassanā
See also: vipassana
Pali
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Etymology
editFrom 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
editvipassanā f
Declension
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Descendants
edit- Burmese: ဝိပဿနာ (wi.pa.ssa.na)
- English: vipassana
- Khmer: វិបស្សនា (vipahsaʼnaa)
- Thai: วิปัสสนา (wí-bpàt-sà-naa)
Further reading
edit- 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.