Pāli Dictionary

vicikicchā

viprefixcikicchastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

cit8සිතන්න; අදහස්

Synonyms

kaṅkhā, vimati, saṅkā, āsaṅkā

Antonyms

nibbicikicchā

doctrine

  • විචිකිච්ඡාව; සැකය; අනිශ්චය

  • doubt; sceptical uncertainty; indecision (one of the five hindrances and of the three lower fetters)

  • MN 2

    sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbataparāmāso

  • MN 43

    vicikicchā pahīnā hoti

vicikiccha

approximate

viprefixcitrootkicchasuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

cit8සිතන්න; අදහස්

Antonyms

nibbicikiccha

doctrine

  • සැකය; අවිනිශ්චිතභාවය(බුදු, දහම්, සඟ හා ශික්ෂා පිළිබඳ සැකය; පඤ්ච නීවරණ හා දශ සංයෝජන වලින් එකක්)

  • doubt; uncertainty; skeptical doubt (especially regarding the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, and training; one of the five hindrances and ten fetters)

  • AN 10.51

    evam'evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno paccavekkhaṇā bahukārā hoti kusalesu dhammesu… vicikiccho nu kho bahulaṃ viharāmi, tiṇṇavicikiccho nu kho bahulaṃ viharāmi, kodhano nu kho bahulaṃ viharāmi, akkodhano nu kho bahulaṃ viharāmi

vicikicchati

approximate

viprefixkitrootchasuffix

via inflected form vicikiccha · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

cit8සිතන්න; අදහස්

Synonyms

kaṅkhati

mind

  • සැක කරයි; අවිනිශ්චිත වෙයි; පැකිලෙයි

  • has doubt; is uncertain (about); hesitates; is distracted (in mind)

  • SN 12.15

    dukkham'eva uppajjamānaṃ uppajjati, dukkhaṃ nirujjhamānaṃ nirujjhatī'ti na kaṅkhati na vicikicchati aparapaccayā ñāṇam'ev'assa ettha hoti. ettāvatā kho, kaccāna, sammādiṭṭhi hoti.

  • SN 48.50

    yo so, sāriputta, ariyasāvako tathāgate ek'antagato abhippasanno, na so tathāgate vā tathāgatasāsane vā kaṅkheyya vā vicikiccheyya vā'ti?

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