Taṇhā
Concept in Buddhism, referring to thirst, craving, desire, longing, greed / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Taṇhā (Pāli; Sanskrit: tṛ́ṣṇā तृष्णा IPA: [tr̩ʂɳaː] ) is an important concept in Buddhism, referring to "thirst, desire, longing, greed", either physical or mental.[1][2] It is typically translated as craving,[3] and is of three types: kāma-taṇhā (craving for sensual pleasures), bhava-taṇhā (craving for existence), and vibhava-taṇhā (craving for non-existence).[4][5]
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Translations of taṇhā | |
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English | thirst, craving, desire, etc. |
Sanskrit | tṛ́ṣṇā (Dev: तृष्णा) |
Pali | taṇhā |
Bengali | টান (Tan) |
Burmese | တဏှာ (MLCTS: tən̥à) |
Chinese | 貪愛 / 贪爱 (Pinyin: tānài) |
Japanese | 渇愛 (Rōmaji: katsu ai) |
Khmer | តណ្ហា (UNGEGN: tânha) |
Korean | 갈애 (RR: gal-ae) |
Sinhala | තණ්හාව,තෘෂ්ණාව |
Tibetan | སྲེད་པ་ (Wylie: sred pa; THL: sepa) |
Tagalog | tanha |
Thai | ตัณหา (IPA: tan-hăː) |
Vietnamese | ái |
Glossary of Buddhism |
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Taṇhā appears in the Four Noble Truths, wherein taṇhā arises with, or exists together with, dukkha (dissatisfaction, "standing unstable") and the cycle of repeated birth, becoming and death (saṃsāra).[1][2][4]