Pāli Dictionary

vicikicchati

viprefixkitrootchasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

cit8think; intend

Synonyms

kaṅkhati

mind

  • 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?

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

vicikicchāiti
  1. vicikicchā

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

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

vicikicchaiti
  1. vicikiccha

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

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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