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Taṇhā (from Pāli; Sanskrit: तृष्णा, romanized: tṛ́ṣṇā Sanskrit pronunciation: ) is an important concept in Buddhism, referring to "thirst, desire, longing, greed", either physical or mental. It is typically translated as craving, and is of three types: kāma-taṇhā (craving for sensual pleasures), bhava-taṇhā (craving for existence), and vibhava-taṇhā…
The analysis highlights Etymology and meaning, Relation to dukkha and Relation to the three poisons as prominent areas in the source structure around Taṇhā.
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The extracted context around Taṇhā shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Taṇhā → Access, Ajahn Sucitto, An Introduction, Archie, Bahm, Bhikkhu, Bodhi, Boston, Buddha, Buddha Taught, Buddha's First Teaching, Buddhism, Buddhist Economics, Buddhist Studies, Buddhist Thought, Buswell, Cambridge University Press, Chicago, Chipstead, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Another extracted example is Taṇhā → Archie, Asian Humanities Press, Bahm, Berkeley, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, CA, Chapter, Ironic Affinities, ISBN, Nietzsche, Nietzsche's Will, Nihilism, Oxford University Press, Philosophy, Power, Robert Morrison, Study, Tanha. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 213 structured relationships around Taṇhā. Examples in this analysis include Taṇhā → Bengali → টান (Tan) and Taṇhā → Burmese → တဏှာ (MLCTS: tən̥à). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taṇhā | Bengali | টান (Tan) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Burmese | တဏှာ (MLCTS: tən̥à) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Chinese | 貪愛 / 贪爱 (Pinyin: tānài) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | English | thirst, craving, desire, etc. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Indonesian | nafsu, nafsu kahausan, nafsu keinginan, keserakahan, ketamakan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Japanese | 渇愛 (Rōmaji: katsu ai) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Khmer | តណ្ហា (UNGEGN: tânha) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Korean | 갈애 (RR: gal-ae) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Pali | taṇhā | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Sanskrit | tṛ́ṣṇā (Dev: तृष्णा) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Sinhala | තණ්හාව,තෘෂ්ණාව | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Tagalog | tanha | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Thai | ตัณหา (IPA: tan-hăː) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Tibetan | སྲེད་པ་ (Wylie: sred pa; THL: sepa) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Taṇhā | Vietnamese | ái | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around Taṇhā bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include States, Chanda and Craving. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Taṇhā, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Taṇhā with Etymology and meaning. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Taṇhā to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Etymology and meaning, Relation to dukkha & Relation to the three poisons, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Taṇhā · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout