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Pali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit विवेक (viveka).
Noun
viveka m[1]
- detachment, loneliness, separation, seclusion
c. 500 BCE, the Buddha, Mucalindasutta:Sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa sutadhammassa passato
Abyāpajjaṃ sukhaṃ loke pāṇabhutesu saṃyamo.- Seclusion is happiness for the contented
who see the teaching they have learned.
Kindness for the world is happiness
for one who’d not harm a living creature.
- discrimination (of thought)
Declension
Declension table of "viveka" (masculine)
References
- ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “viveka”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead