क्लेश

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root क्लिश् (kliś, to torment, trouble, suffer)

Pronunciation

Noun

क्लेश • (kleśa) stem, m

  1. pain, affliction, distress, pain from disease, anguish
  2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) in yoga, the five kleśas are named avidyā 'ignorance', asmitā 'egotism', rāga 'desire', dveśa 'aversion' and abhiniveśa 'tenacity of mundane existence'

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of क्लेश (kleśa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्लेशः
kleśaḥ
क्लेशौ / क्लेशा¹
kleśau / kleśā¹
क्लेशाः / क्लेशासः¹
kleśāḥ / kleśāsaḥ¹
Vocative क्लेश
kleśa
क्लेशौ / क्लेशा¹
kleśau / kleśā¹
क्लेशाः / क्लेशासः¹
kleśāḥ / kleśāsaḥ¹
Accusative क्लेशम्
kleśam
क्लेशौ / क्लेशा¹
kleśau / kleśā¹
क्लेशान्
kleśān
Instrumental क्लेशेन
kleśena
क्लेशाभ्याम्
kleśābhyām
क्लेशैः / क्लेशेभिः¹
kleśaiḥ / kleśebhiḥ¹
Dative क्लेशाय
kleśāya
क्लेशाभ्याम्
kleśābhyām
क्लेशेभ्यः
kleśebhyaḥ
Ablative क्लेशात्
kleśāt
क्लेशाभ्याम्
kleśābhyām
क्लेशेभ्यः
kleśebhyaḥ
Genitive क्लेशस्य
kleśasya
क्लेशयोः
kleśayoḥ
क्लेशानाम्
kleśānām
Locative क्लेशे
kleśe
क्लेशयोः
kleśayoḥ
क्लेशेषु
kleśeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁂𑀲 (kilesa)
  • Classical Newar: कलेश, क्लेश
  • English: klesha
  • Malay: gelisah
  • Pali: kilesa
    • Burmese: ကိလေသာ (ki.lesa)
    • Lao: ກິເລດ (ki lēt)
    • Old Khmer: [script needed] (kilesa), [script needed] (kilessa)
    • Shan: ၵီႉလေႇသႃႇ (kḭ̂i lèe sàa)
    • Thai: กิเลส (gì-lèet)
  • Telugu: క్లేశము (klēśamu)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्लेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0324.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्लेश”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्लेश”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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