Pāli Dictionary

paṅka

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

rajas, saṅkilesa, saṃkilesa, kilesa, kaddama, palipa, klesa

general

  • Schlamm; Sumpf; Morast

  • dirt; mud; mire; swamp

  • Dhp 327

    appamādaratā hotha, sacittam'anurakkhatha, duggā uddharath'attānaṃ, paṅke sanno'va kuñjaro.

  • Snp 4.9

    yehi vivitto vicareyya loke, na tāni uggayha vadeyya nāgo, jalambujaṃ kaṇḍakaṃ vārijaṃ yathā, jalena paṅkena c'anūpalittaṃ, evaṃ munī santivādo agiddho, kāme ca loke ca anūpalitto.

mind

  • Befleckung; moralische Unreinheit (bildliche Erweiterung von ‚Schlamm‘)

  • defilement; moral impurity (figurative extension of ‘mud’)

  • Snp 3.6

    chetvā āsavāni ālayāni, vidvā so na upeti gabbhaseyyaṃ, saññaṃ tividhaṃ panujja paṅkaṃ, kappaṃ n'eti tam'āhu ariyo'ti.

  • SN 1.29

    catucakkaṃ navadvāraṃ, puṇṇaṃ lobhena saṃyutaṃ, paṅkajātaṃ mahāvīra, kathaṃ yātrā bhavissatī'ti.

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