Loluppa: 2 definitions
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Loluppa 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.
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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryloluppa : (nt.) greed.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryLoluppa, (nt.) (abstr. fr. lolupa) greediness, covetousness, self-indulgence, desire; in the language of the Abhidhamma often syn. with jappā or taṇhā. At DhsA. 365 loluppa is treated as an adj. & explained at “punappuna visaye lumpati ākaḍḍhatī ti, ” i.e. one who tears again & again at the object (or as Expos. II. 470: repeated plundering, hauling along in the fields of sense).—J. I, 340, 429; DhsA. 365; Vism. 61; & with exegetical synonyms loluppāyanā & loluppāyitattaṃ at Dhs. 1059, 1136. (Page 589)
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.
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