Pāli Dictionary

kilesa

kilisrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kilis3être salir; être tourmenté

Synonyms


mind

  • souillure mentale; impureté; état d’esprit malsain

  • defilement; impurity; unwholesome mental state (passion, lust, depravity)

  • AN 10.81

    kilesehi kho, vāhana, tathāgato nissaṭo visaṃyutto vippamutto vimariyādīkatena cetasā viharati.

  • AN 4.5

    yo ve kilesāni pahāya pañca, paripuṇṇasekho aparihānadhammo, cetovasippatto samāhit'indriyo, sa ve ṭhit'atto'ti naro pavuccati.

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