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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

paṭippassaddhi : (f.) calming; alaying; quieting down; complete ease.

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

Paṭippassaddhi, (f.) (fr. paṭippassaddha) subsidence, calming, allaying, quieting down, repose, complete ease Vin. I, 331 (kammassa suppression of an act); Ps. II, 3, 71, 180; Nett 89; Dhs. 40, 41, 320; SnA 9. Esp. frequent in the Niddesas in stock phrase expressing the complete calm attained to in emancipation, viz. vūpasama paṭinissagga p. amata nibbāna, e.g. Nd² 429. (Page 396)

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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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Full-text: Patipassambhana, Pahana, Viveka.

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

Part 9 - The Buddha’s Sojourn at the Ambalaṭṭhikā Garden < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]

Part 4 - Righteous (Dhammavādi) and Unrighteous (Adhammavādi) < [Chapter 28 - The Buddha’s Tenth Vassa at Pālileyyaka Forest]

Notes (e): How Many types of Morality are there? < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]

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The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)

1.5. Enlightenment Factor of Tranquility < [Chapter 3 - Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Noble Eightfold Path]

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