Taṇhā

Translations of
taṇhā
Englishthirst, craving, desire, etc.
Sanskrittṛ́ṣṇā (Dev: तृष्णा)
Palitaṇhā
Bengaliটান (Tan)
Burmeseတဏှာ
(MLCTS: tən̥à)
Chinese貪愛 / 贪爱
(Pinyin: tānài)
Indonesiannafsu, nafsu kahausan, nafsu keinginan, keserakahan, ketamakan
Japanese渇愛
(Rōmaji: katsu ai)
Khmerតណ្ហា
(UNGEGN: tânha)
Korean갈애
(RR: gal-ae)
Sinhalaතණ්හාව,තෘෂ්ණාව
Tibetanསྲེད་པ་
(Wylie: sred pa;
THL: sepa
)
Tagalogtanha
Thaiตัณหา
(IPA: tan-hăː)
Vietnameseái
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Taṇhā (from Pāli; Sanskrit: तृष्णा, romanizedtṛ́ṣṇā Sanskrit pronunciation: [tr̩ʂɳaː]) is an important concept in Buddhism, referring to "thirst, desire, longing, greed", either physical or mental.[1][2] It is typically translated as craving,[3] and is of three types: kāma-taṇhā (craving for sensual pleasures), bhava-taṇhā (craving for existence), and vibhava-taṇhā (craving for non-existence).[4][5]

Taṇhā appears in the Four Noble Truths, wherein taṇhā arises with, or exists together with, dukkha (dissatisfaction, "standing unstable") and the cycle of repeated birth, becoming and death (saṃsāra).[1][2][4]

In the Theravāda Abhidhamma teachings, taṇhā is equivalent to the mental factor lobha (attachment).[6]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference DavidsStede1921p294 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Peter Harvey (1990). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-521-31333-9.
  3. ^ Richard Gombrich; Gananath Obeyesekere (1988). Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 246. ISBN 978-81-208-0702-0.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WilliamsTribe2002p43 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Harvey 2013, p. 63.
  6. ^ Kheminda, Ashin (2019-09-01). Manual Abhidhamma: Bab 2 Faktor-Faktor-Mental (in Indonesian). Yayasan Dhammavihari. ISBN 978-623-94342-7-4.