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DhammaTalk: Vibhava
Glossology: Bhava
Glossology: Ahara
Glossology: Tanha
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unliving, re-living, more-living, aversion, flight | Annihilation, the Annihilationist view | craving for non-being, personal annihilation | craving for non-being, personal annihilation | not-being | extinction, craving for extinction |
Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary (edited entry):
Vibhava: [vi+bhava] 1. power, wealth, prosperity...; J I.56; V.285;...(-sampanna rich);...Great wealth is expressed by as¨ti-koÂi-vibhava, consisting in 80 koÂis...- bahu- very rich J I.145; mah¤- id. ... - yath¤ vibhavaµ according to one's means or power...- 2. non-existence, cessation of life, annihilation D I.34;... J III.402...V.267 (id.);...See also ta¼h¤ B 1.
-ta¼h¤ "craving for life to end" (Dial. III.208), desire for non-existence D III,216, 275; Vin I.10; Ud 33; It 50; VbhA 111. Vibhavati [vi+bhavati] to cease to exist S III.56... |
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