Sanskrit Flashcards
quick vocab drill (132 cards)
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abhidharma
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Buddhist psychology, super Dharma
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adhipati pratyaya
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condition for development
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ahimsa
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non-harming
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akushala mula
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unwholesome roots
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alambana-pratyaya
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object as condition
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alaya
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store consciousness
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alayavijñana
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store consciousness
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anashrava
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without setbacks
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anatman
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nonself
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animitta
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signlessness
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anitya
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impermanence
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apranihita
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aimlessness, wishlessness
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arya ashtangika marga
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noble path of eight limbs
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asamskrita
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realm of the unconditioned
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ashrava
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with setbacks
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ashraya paravritti
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transformation at the base
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avidya
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ignorance
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avihimsa
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non-harming
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avyapada
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absence of anger
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ayatana
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sense organ + sense objects
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ayoniso manaskara
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inappropriate attention
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balani
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(5) powers - “energy in action”
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bhava
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becoming
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bija
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seed
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buddhata
Buddha nature
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chitta samskara
mind conditioned things ex: sadness, anger
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Dhamma Cakka Pavattana Sutta
Discourse on Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma
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Dharma mudra
Dharma seals
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dharma-pravichaya
investigation of phenomena
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Dharmakaya
teaching body, source of enlightenment and happiness
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dhatus
(18) elements
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dhyana
meditation, meditative state of concentration
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domanassa
anxiety
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drishta dharma sukha viharin
dwelling happily in things as they are
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drishtadharma nirvana
nirvana in this very life
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dukkha
suffering
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dukkha dukkhata
suffering of suffering
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indriyani
(5) faculties (or bases)
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jaramarana
death
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jati
birth
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jñana
looking deeply
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kama
craving
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karana-hetu
motivating or creative force
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karuna
compassion
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klesha
affliction
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kshanti
capacity, inclusiveness, patience
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kushala mula
wholesome roots
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lakshana
sign, image, appearance
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mahabhuta
four great elements (earth, water , fire, air)
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mahaparinirvana
Great Passing Away
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mahapranidhana
Great Aspiration
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maitri
love (Pali: metta)
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manaskara
attention
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manovijñana
mind consciousness
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marga
path
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mudita
joy
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nama rupa
mind-body, “name-form”
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nekkhama
freedom from craving
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nidanas
(Twelve) links
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nirmanakaya
transformation body, historical embodiment of the Buddha
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nirodha
cessation
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nirvana
joy of completely extinguishing our ideas and concepts, rather than our suffering
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paccaya
conditions
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paramartha satya
absolute truth
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paramita
perfection, perfect realisation, Chinese: crossing over to other shore
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prajña
insight, wisdom, true vision, true knowledge
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prajña paramita
“mother of all Buddhas” energy of love and understanding that has the power to free us
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prashrabdhih
ease
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pratitya samutpada
Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-arising
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pratyaya
(four kinds of) conditions
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priti
joy
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rupa
form, body
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rupa samskara
form-conditioned thing (seen with eyes)
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sabhaga-hetu
seed condition of the same kind
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saha
world of dust
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sahabhu-hetu
concurrent condition
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samadhi
concentration; lit. “absorption”
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**samanantara-pratyaya**
condition of continuity
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Sambhogakaya
Result Body, body of bliss or enjoyment
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samjña
perceptions
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samprayukta-hetu
associated condition
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samsara
vicious cycle of suffering and confusion lasting many lifetimes
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samsara dukkhata
suffering of composite things
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samskara
formations, mental formations, volitional actions
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samskrita
realm of the conditioned
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samudaya
origin (of suffering)
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samvriti satya
worldly truth
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samyag ajiva
Right Livelihood
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samyag drishti
Right View
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samyag vac
Right Speech
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samyak karmanta
Right Action
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samyak pradhana
Right Diligence, Right Effort
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samyak samadhi
Right Concentration
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samyak sambodhi
complete, perfect awakening
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samyak samkalpa
Right Thinking
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samyak smriti
Right Mindfulness
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samyojana
internal formations
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sapta-bodhyanga
seven factors of awakening
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sarvatraga-hetu
universal conditions
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shamatha
stopping
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shraddha
faith
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shunyata
emptiness
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shunyata samadhi
concentration on emptiness
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siddhanta
Four Standards of Truth
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skhandas
aggregates, sense organs
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smriti
mindfulness
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sparsha
contact
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sukha
happiness
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tathagata
“wondrous nature of reality”
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tathagatagarbha
womb of the tathagata
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tripitaka
Three Baskets: sutras, vinaya, abhidharma
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trishna
craving
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upadana
attachment, grasping
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upeksha
equanimity, letting go
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vairochana
soul of the Buddha, ontological Buddha
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vashana
habit energies
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vedana
feelings
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vichara
developing thought
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vihara
abode, dwelling place
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vihimsa
harming
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vijñana
consciousness, differentiation, discrimination
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vikalpa
discriminative perception
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vipaka-hetu
ripening condition
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viparinama dukkhata
suffering associated with change
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viparyasa
upside down way
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vipashyana
looking deeply
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virya
diligence, effort, energy, perseverance
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Visuddhimagga
Path of Purification
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vitarka
initial thought
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vyapada
anger
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yatha bhuta jñana
understanding things as they are
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yoniso manaskara
appropriate attention
