vipassanā

See also: vipassana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀺𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• विपस्सना (Devanagari script)
• ৰিপস্সনা (Bengali script)
• විපස‍්සනා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိပဿနာ or ဝိပသ်သၼႃ (Burmese script)
• วิปสฺสนา or วิปัสสะนา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᨷᩔᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິປສ຺ສນາ or ວິປັສສະນາ (Lao script)
• វិបស្សនា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From vi- +‎ passanā or vipassati (verb) +‎ -anā. Cognate with Sanskrit विपश्यना (vipaśyanā). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

vipassanā f

1. (Buddhism) vipassana (insight into the true nature of reality)

Declension

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Descendants

• Burmese: ဝိပဿနာ (wi.pa.ssa.na)
• English: vipassana
• Khmer: វិបស្សនា (vipahsaʼnaa)
• Thai: วิปัสสนา (wí-bpàt-sà-naa)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vipassanā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 580.