In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'undistractedness', is a synonym of

• concentration (samādhi, q.v.),

• one-pointedness of mind (citt'ekaggatā) and

• tranquillity (samatha, q.v.; further s. samatha-vipassanā).

context information

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 Dictionary

avikkhepa : (m.) calmness; balance of the mind.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Avikkhepa, (a + vikkhepa) calmness, balance, equanimity D. III, 213; A. I, 83; Ps. I, 94; II, 228; Dhs. 11, 15, 570. (Page 84)

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

avikkhepa (အဝိက္ခေပ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[na+vikkhepa]
[န+ဝိက္ခေပ]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

avikkhepa—

(Burmese text): (က) မပျံ့လွင့်ခြင်း၊ တည်ကြည်ခြင်း။ (ခ) မပျံ့လွင့်တတ်-မပျံ့လွင့်စေတတ်-မပျံ့လွင့်ကြောင်းဖြစ်-သောတရား။ (ဂ) ပျံ့လွင့်ခြင်း-ဥဒ္ဓစ္စ-၏ ဆန့်ကျင်ဖက် ဖြစ်သော တရား (ဧကဂ္ဂတာ၊ သမာဓိ)။

(Auto-Translation): (a) Non-dispersion, stability. (b) The quality of being able to not disperse - the ability to not cause dispersion - the nature of not dispersing. (c) Dispersion - the state that is the opposite of stability (such as the ultimate truth, equanimity).

context information

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)

Partial matches: Vikkhepa, Na.

Starts with (+12): Avikkhepabahula, Avikkhepabhisamaya, Avikkhepacariya, Avikkhepadhipatatta, Avikkhepadhitthana, Avikkhepadipaka, Avikkhepahetubhuta, Avikkhepahetuta, Avikkhepakhanti, Avikkhepakicca, Avikkhepalakkhana, Avikkhepamagga, Avikkhepamanda, Avikkhepanattha, Avikkhepapanna, Avikkhepapariggaha, Avikkhepaparisuddhatta, Avikkhepaparisuddhi, Avikkhepaparivara, Avikkhepapariyogahana.

Full-text: Avikkhepasadhana, Avikkhepaviraga, Avikkhepapanna, Avikkhepupatthanakusala, Avikkhepattha, Avikkhepalakkhana, Avikkhepaparivara, Avikkhepapariyogahana, Avikkhepappativedha, Avikkhepaparisuddhi, Avikkhepabahula, Avikkhepamagga, Avikkhepapariggaha, Avikkhepadhipatatta, Avikkhepadipaka, Avikkhepasisa, Avikkhepakhanti, Vikkhepa, Samatha, Samadhi.

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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)

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Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)

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Milindapanha (questions of King Milinda) (by T. W. Rhys Davids)

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