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Vitarka-vicāra

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Mental factors in meditation, Etymology & Vitarka Mudrā

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Mental factors in meditation

Mental factorsPrajnaPali CanonGive riseTibetan Buddhism
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Etymology

SanskritBhikkhu BodhiVicāraDan Lusthaus
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Vitarka Mudrā

MudraMahāyāna BuddhismFour Noble TruthsSravasti
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BuddhismPaliTibetanWylieTHL
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Burmese
ဝိစာရ
Chinese
尋 (T) / 寻 (S)
English
thought applied thought inquiry initial inquiry applied attention initial mental application initial intellectual investigative intent reflection
Indonesian
penempelan awal penempatan awal pikiran
Japanese
尋 (Rōmaji: jin)
Korean
심 (RR: sim)

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Etymology

Mental factors in meditation

Vitarka Mudrā

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Vitarka-vicāra

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples30
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Vitarka-vicāra

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related to Investigation · 7
Vitarka-vicāra → According, Buddhist, Dan Lusthaus, It, Pali Canon, Polak, The
related to Normal process of discursive thought · 7
Vitarka-vicāra → According, Bucknell, It, Martin Stuart-Fox, Rhys Davids, Roderick, Stede
Burmese · 1
Vitarka-vicāra → ဝိစာရ
Chinese · 1
Vitarka-vicāra → 尋 (T) / 寻 (S)
English · 1
Vitarka-vicāra → thought applied thought inquiry initial inquiry applied attention initial mental application initial intellectual investigative intent reflection
Indonesian · 1
Vitarka-vicāra → penempelan awal penempatan awal pikiran
Japanese · 1
Vitarka-vicāra → 尋 (Rōmaji: jin)
Korean · 1
Vitarka-vicāra → 심 (RR: sim)
Pali · 1
Vitarka-vicāra → vitakka
Sanskrit · 1
Vitarka-vicāra → वितर्क

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thought vitarka vicāra mental pali first jhāna according buddhism factors tradition initial thinking one discursive vitakka applied attention object investigating

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Vitarka-vicāraBurmeseဝိစာရ1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraChinese尋 (T) / 寻 (S)1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraEnglishthought applied thought inquiry initial inquiry applied attention initial mental application initial intellectual investigative intent reflection1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraIndonesianpenempelan awal penempatan awal pikiran1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraJapanese尋 (Rōmaji: jin)1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraKorean심 (RR: sim)1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraPalivitakka1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraSanskritवितर्क1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraThaiวิตก (RTGS: witok)1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraTibetanརྟོག་པ། (Wylie: rtog pa; THL: tokpa)1.00infobox
Vitarka-vicāraVietnameseTầm (tìm)1.00infobox
thinkinginstance ofone indicating mental activities0.80text

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