Appamanna, Appamaññā: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Appamanna means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Journey to Nibbana: Patthana DhamaPart of the Sobhana Cetasikas. Appamanna is boundless, endless, limitless. It is putting a good will on satta pannatta like sattas, men, woman, deva, devi, brahma etc etc. They are karuna and mudita.
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and DoctrinesThe 4 'Boundless States', identical with brahma-vihāra.
Source: Pali Kanon: A manual of AbhidhammaPali for 'illimitable';
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryappamaññā : (f.) infinitude; a technical term including four qualities of mind, viz. love, pity, sympathy, and disinterestedness.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAppamaññā, (f.) (a + pamaññā, abstr. fr. pamāṇa = Sk. *pramānya) boundlessness, infinitude, as psych. t. t. appld. in later books to the four varieties of philanthropy, viz. mettā karuṃā muditā upekkhā i. e. love, pity, sympathy, desinterestedness, and as such enumd. at D.III, 223 (q. v. for detailed ref. as to var. passages); Ps.I, 84; Vbh.272 sq.; DhsA.195. By itself at Sn.507 (= mettajjhānasaṅkhātā a. SnA 417). See for further expln. Dhs.trsl. p. 66 and mettā. (Page 57)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Appamanna Cetasikas, Appamannati.
Full-text: Appamanna Cetasikas, Brahmavihara, Pamanna, Appamana, Apramana, Sobhana Cetasikas, Mahagovinda Sutta.
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A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Sense-Sphere Beautiful Consciousness < [Chapter II - Mental States]
Signs of Mental Culture < [Chapter IX - Mental Culture]
Introductory Verse < [Chapter I - Different Types of Consciousness]
The Vipassana Dipani (by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw)
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 35 - The Daily Routine of 2.4 Million Crores of Absorptions < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
Introducing Buddhist Abhidhamma (by Kyaw Min, U)
Appendix II - Cetasika < [Book III]
Patthana Dhamma (by Htoo Naing)
Chapter 6 - Ārammana paccayo (or object condition)
Chapter 2 - Cetasikas (or mental factors)
Cetasikas (by Nina van Gorkom)
Chapter 33 - Compassion And Sympathetic Joy < [Part IV - Beautiful Cetasikas]
Chapter 29 - Non-aversion < [Part IV - Beautiful Cetasikas]