Manokamma, Mano-kamma: 7 definitions

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Manokamma 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)

Part of Three Kamma Doors

manokamma ( through mind activities )

Source: Journey to Nibbana: Patthana Dhama

'mental action'; s. karma, kammapatha.

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines
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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).

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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manokamma : (nt.) mental action.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Manokamma refers to: work of the mind, mental action, associated with kāyakamma (bodily action) and vacī° (vocal action) A. I, 32, 104; Pug. 41; Dhs. 981 (where omitted in text).

Note: manokamma is a Pali compound consisting of the words mano and kamma.

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

manokamma (မနောကမ္မ) [(na) (န)]—
[mana+kamma]
[မန+ကမ္မ]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

manokamma—

(Burmese text): စိတ်ကြောင့်ဖြစ်သော-စိတ်ဖြင့် ပြုလုပ်အပ်သော-အမှုကိစ္စ၊ မနောကံ။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။

(Auto-Translation): An issue or matter that occurs due to emotions, unfortunate. Please look at the original.

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