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Kleshas (Buddhism): Standards, Pali literature & Sanskrit Sravaka and Mahayana literature

Kleshas (Sanskrit: क्लेश, romanized: kleśa; Pali: किलेस kilesa; Standard Tibetan: ཉོན་མོངས། nyon mongs, Chinese: 煩惱 fánnǎo, Japanese: 煩悩 bonnō), in Buddhism, are mental states that cloud the mind and manifest in unwholesome actions. Kleshas include states of mind such as anxiety, fear, anger, jealousy, desire, etc. Contemporary translators use a variety…

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Kleshas (Buddhism) topic overview

The analysis highlights Standards, Pali literature and Sanskrit Sravaka and Mahayana literature as prominent areas in the source structure around Kleshas (Buddhism).

Related topics
68
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
88
Extracted relationships
20
Concept neighborhoods
24
Bridge connections
88

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Pali literature · 47 topics
Overview · 13 topics
Sanskrit Sravaka and Mahayana literature · 6 topics
Overcoming the kleshas · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Burmese
ကိလေသာ (MLCTS: kḭlèθà)
Chinese
煩惱 (Pinyin: fánnǎo)
English
afflictions, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, etc.
Indonesian
pengotor batin, kotoran batin, kekotoran batin
Japanese
煩悩 (Rōmaji: bonnō)
Khmer
កិលេស (UNGEGN: kĕlés)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Pali literature

Sanskrit Sravaka and Mahayana literature

Overcoming the kleshas

Sources

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Kleshas (Buddhism) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Kleshas (Buddhism) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Kleshas (Buddhism) → ကိလေသာ (MLCTS: kḭlèθà) Another extracted example is Kleshas (Buddhism) → 煩惱 (Pinyin: fánnǎo). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Kleshas (Buddhism)

Top relations

Burmese · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → ကိလေသာ (MLCTS: kḭlèθà)
Chinese · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → 煩惱 (Pinyin: fánnǎo)
English · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → afflictions, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, etc.
Indonesian · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → pengotor batin, kotoran batin, kekotoran batin
Japanese · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → 煩悩 (Rōmaji: bonnō)
Khmer · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → កិលេស (UNGEGN: kĕlés)
Korean · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → 번뇌 (RR: beonnoe)
Mongolian · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → нисванис (nisvanis)
Pali · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → (kilesa)
Sanskrit · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → क्लेश (kleśa)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

kleshas pali three poisons root mind buddhist defilements kilesa unwholesome roots sanskrit mahayana buddhism states english emotions http sutta visuddhimagga

Kleshas (Buddhism) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 20 structured relationships around Kleshas (Buddhism). Examples in this analysis include Kleshas (Buddhism) → Burmese → ကိလေသာ (MLCTS: kḭlèθà) and Kleshas (Buddhism) → Chinese → 煩惱 (Pinyin: fánnǎo). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Kleshas (Buddhism)Burmeseကိလေသာ (MLCTS: kḭlèθà)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Chinese煩惱 (Pinyin: fánnǎo)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Englishafflictions, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, etc.1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Indonesianpengotor batin, kotoran batin, kekotoran batin1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Japanese煩悩 (Rōmaji: bonnō)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Khmerកិលេស (UNGEGN: kĕlés)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Korean번뇌 (RR: beonnoe)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Mongolianнисванис (nisvanis)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Pali(kilesa)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Sanskritक्लेश (kleśa)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Tagalogkilsha1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Thaiกิเลส (RTGS: Kilet)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Tibetanཉོན་མོངས། (Wylie: nyon mongs; THL: nyönmong)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Vietnamesephiền não1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Kleshas (Buddhism) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Poisons, Root and Emotions. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Kleshas (Buddhism)
    • Poisons
    • Root
    • Emotions
    • Mahayana
    • Three
    • Mind
    • Afflictions
    • Attachment
    • Disturbing
    • Term
    • Destructive
    • English
  • kleshas (buddhism)
    • Poisons
    • Root
    • Emotions
    • Mahayana
    • Mental
    • Three
    • States
    • Mind
    • Afflictions
    • Attachment
    • Disturbing
    • Term
  • pali
    • Roots
    • Abhidhamma
    • Literature
    • Mental
    • Sutta
    • Three
    • Sanskrit
    • Unwholesome
    • Root
    • English
    • Visuddhimagga
    • States
  • buddhism
    • Mental
    • States
    • Five
    • Sanskrit
    • Kleshas
    • Kilesa
    • Mind
    • Root
    • Pali
    • Poisons
    • Afflictions
    • Attachment
  • pali canon
    • Roots
    • Abhidhamma
    • Literature
    • Mental
    • Sutta
    • Three
    • Sanskrit
    • Unwholesome
    • Root
    • English
    • Visuddhimagga
    • States
  • abhidhamma pitaka
    • Literature
    • Roots
    • Sutta
    • Pali
    • Ten
    • Three
    • Unwholesome
    • Kilesa
    • Defilements
    • Root
    • Afflictions
    • Disturbing
  • pali literature
    • Abhidhamma
    • Roots
    • Literature
    • Pali
    • Mahayana
    • Mental
    • Sanskrit
    • Sutta
    • Ten
    • Three
    • Unwholesome
    • Root
  • five hindrances
    • Poisons
    • Five
    • Hindrances
    • Ten
    • Mind
    • Mental
    • Kleshas
    • Root
    • Three
    • Mahayana
    • Sanskrit
    • Abhidhamma

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Kleshas (Buddhism), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Kleshas (Buddhism) with Pali literature. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Kleshas (Buddhism) — Pali literature · splits 41 ⟂ 48
Kleshas (Buddhism) — Sources · splits 73 ⟂ 16
Kleshas (Buddhism) — Overview · splits 75 ⟂ 14
Kleshas (Buddhism) — Sanskrit Sravaka and Mahayana literature · splits 82 ⟂ 7
Kleshas (Buddhism) — Overcoming the kleshas · splits 86 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Kleshas (Buddhism)

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples20
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Kleshas (Buddhism) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Standards, Pali literature & Sanskrit Sravaka and Mahayana literature, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Kleshas (Buddhism) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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