papañca
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Pali
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Noun
[edit]papañca m
- obstacle, impediment
- (Theravada Buddhism) proliferation of thought or reactions, or the expansion of thoughts, reactions, and diffuseness, as an obstacle to spiritual progress
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "papañca" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | papañco | papañcā |
Accusative (second) | papañcaṃ | papañce |
Instrumental (third) | papañcena | papañcehi or papañcebhi |
Dative (fourth) | papañcassa or papañcāya or papañcatthaṃ | papañcānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | papañcasmā or papañcamhā or papañcā | papañcehi or papañcebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | papañcassa | papañcānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | papañcasmiṃ or papañcamhi or papañce | papañcesu |
Vocative (calling) | papañca | papañcā |
References
[edit]- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “papañca”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 331.