vipassanā

See also: vipassana

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑀺𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • विपस्सना (Devanagari script)
  • ৰিপস্সনা (Bengali script)
  • විපස‍්සනා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝိပဿနာ or ဝိပသ်သၼႃ (Burmese script)
  • วิปสฺสนา or วิปัสสะนา (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩥᨷᩔᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວິປສ຺ສນາ or ວິປັສສະນາ (Lao script)
  • វិបស្សនា (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄨𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From vi- +‎ passanā or vipassati (verb) +‎ -anā. Cognate with Sanskrit विपश्यना (vipaśyanā). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

vipassanā f

  1. (Buddhism) vipassana (insight into the true nature of reality)

Declension

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Descendants

Further reading
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vipassanā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  • Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 580.
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