Pāli Dictionary

padhāna

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Part of speech

noun

Root

dhā1placer; soutenir

Synonyms


doctrine

  • effort; diligence; exertion; effort spirituel dans la méditation (désigne souvent les quatre efforts justes)

  • exertion; energetic effort; striving; spiritual striving in meditation (often referring to the four right exertions)

general

  • principal; essentiel; primordial; (comme nom) premier ministre; grand officier

  • chief; foremost; principal; most important; (as noun) a king’s chief companion or minister

cosmology

  • la source originelle du monde matériel; nature; le Principe Fondamental (Pradhāna) dans le système philosophique Sāṃkhya

  • the original source of the material world; nature; the Basic Principle (Pradhāna) in the Sāṃkhya philosophical system

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