Pāli Dictionary

vīmaṃsā1

approximate

vīmaṃsastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

man3思

meditation

  • 觀；思擇；審察（四神足之一）

  • investigation; discriminative inquiry; examination (the fourth basis of spiritual power)

  • Thag 15.2

    sati gīvā siro paññā, vīmaṃsā dhammacintanā, dhammakucchisamāvāso, viveko tassa vāladhi.

  • AN 8.49

    idha, visākhe, mātugāmo ye te bhattu abbhantarā kamm'antā, uṇṇā'ti vā kappāsā'ti vā, tattha dakkhā hoti analasā tatr'upāyāya vīmaṃsāya samannāgatā alaṃ kātuṃ alaṃ saṃvidhātuṃ.

vīmaṃsā2

approximate

vīmaṃsastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 揀擇；認可；選定

  • choice; approval; preference

vīmaṃsati

vīmaṃsastemtisuffix

via inflected form vīmaṃsa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

tīreti, vicināti, upaparikkhati, upavicarati, samannesati, pavicinati, vicinati, vicāreti,

mind

  • 考察；檢驗；測試

  • investigates; examines; tests

  • MN 21

    yaṃnūn'āhaṃ ayyaṃ vīmaṃseyyan'ti.

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