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Source: Access to Insight: A Glossary of Pali and Buddhist TermsPersistence; energy. One of the ten perfections (paramis), the five faculties (bala; see bodhi pakkhiya dhamma), and the five strengths/dominant factors (indriya; see bodhi pakkhiya dhamma).Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A pleasaunce in Vebhara where Siddhattha Buddha was born. BuA. p. 185.

Source: Dhamma Dana: Pali English Glossary

N Effort, energy, impudence.

Source: Journey to Nibbana: Patthana Dhama

One of the Pakinnaka cetasikas. Viriya is effort. Viriya helps citta not to withdraw from the object and it exert an effort to take the object. In the presence of viriya all other cetasikas and citta work energetically with full effort.

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

Viriya (Energy); further s. bojjhanga, bala, pāramī.

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'energy', lit. 'virility', 'manliness' or 'heroism' (from vīra, man, hero; Lat. vir; cf. virtus),

• is one of the 5 spiritual faculties and powers (s. bala),

• one of the 7 factors of enlightenment (s. bojjhanga) and

• identical with right effort of the 8-fold Path (s. magga).

For further explanations, s. padhāna.

Source: Dhamma Study: Cetasikas

energy;

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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).

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Buddhist Door: Glossary

See Vigor.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

viriya : (nt.) vigour; energy; effort; strength.

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

Viriya, (nt.) (fr. vīra; cp. Vedic vīrya & vīria) lit. “state of a strong man, ” i.e. vigour, energy, effort, exertion. On term see also Dhs. translation § 13; Cpd. 242.—D. III, 113, 120 sq. 255 sq.; S. II, 132, 206 sq.; Sn. 79, 184, 353, 422, 531, 966, 1026 (chanda°); Nd¹ 476, 487; Nd² 394; J. I, 178 (viriyaṃ karoti, with Loc.); Pug. 71; Vbh. 10; Nett 16, 28; Tikp 60, 63; Miln. 36; Vism. 160 (°upekkhā), 462; KhA 96; SnA 489; DhA. IV, 231; DA. I, 63; DhsA. 120; VvA. 14; PvA. 98, 129; Sdhp. 343, 517. ‹-› accāraddha° too much exertion M. III, 159; A. III, 375; opp. atilīna° too little ibid; uṭṭhāna° initiative or rousing energy S. I, 21, 217; A. III, 76; IV, 282; ThA. 267; PvA. 129; nara° manly strength J. IV, 478, 487. —viriyaṃ āra(m)bhati to put forth energy, to make an effort S. II, 28; IV, 125; V, 9, 244 sq.; A. I, 39, 282, 296; II, 15= IV. 462.—As adj. (-°) in alīna° alert, energetic J. I, 22; āraddha° full of energy, putting forth energy, strenuous S. I, 53, 166, 198; II, 29, 207 sq.; IV, 224; V, 225; A. I, 4, 12; II, 76, 228 sq.; III, 65, 127; IV, 85, 229, 291, 357; V, 93, 95, 153, 335; J. I, 110; ossaṭṭha° one who has given up effort J. I, 110; hīna° lacking in energy It. 34 (here as vīriya, in metre).—v. is one of the indriyas, the balas & the sambojjhaṅgas (q. v.).

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

viriya (ဝိရိယ) [(na) (န)]—
[vira+ṇiya+(rassattekate viriyaṃ．nīti,sutta．762．vīriya-)．viriya-sakkatapiṭaka．viria-prā．vīria-addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝိရ+ဏိယ+(ရဿတ္တေကတေ ဝိရိယံ။ နီတိ၊ သုတ္တ။ ၇၆၂။ ဝီရိယ-လည်းကြည့်)။ ဝိရိယ-သက္ကတပိဋက။ ဝိရိအ-ပြာ။ ဝီရိအ-အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]

[Pali to Burmese]

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

viriya—

(Burmese text): ဝိရိယ၊ လုံ့လ၊ အားထုတ်ခြင်း။

(Auto-Translation): Energy, motivation, effort.

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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Viriya (विरिय).—(= Pali id.) = Sanskrit vīrya, heroism; only in [Page498-a+ 71] verses: viriy’ (= vīryam) ārabhante Daśabhūmikasūtra.g. 13(349).8; °ya 26(52).10.

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vira, Niya.

Starts with (+7): Viriya Sambojjhanga, Viriya Sutta, Viriyabala, Viriyakkattu, Viriyal, Viriyala, Viriyalai, Viriyam, Viriyampiti, Viriyan, Viriyanashtam, Viriyanekilcci, Viriyaparamitai, Viriyapperukku, Viriyappu, Viriyarambha, Viriyasam, Viriyasamata, Viriyasamvara, Viriyatecu.

Full-text (+151): Aviriya, Balaviriya, Phalasamapattiviriya, Maggaviriya, Atilinaviriya, Cetasikaviriya, Maggasampayuttaviriya, Nibbiriya, Anolinaviriya, Kayikacetasikaviriya, Adhivasanaviriya, Karanaviriya, Bhavanakaviriya, Catukiccasadhakaviriya, Mohanasanaviriya, Cankamanaviriya, Araddhaviriya, Kilesatapanaviriya, Lokiyaviriya, Avasannaviriya.

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

Verse 112 - The Story of Venerable Sappadāsa < [Chapter 8 - Sahassa Vagga (Thousands)]

Verse 418 - The Story of the Monk who was once a Mime < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]

Verse 417 - The Story of the Monk who was once a Mime < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]

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

4.2.2. Faculty of Effort (Vīriyindriya or Vīrya) < [Chapter 2 - Five Groups of Factor]

5.2. Mental Power of Effort or Energy (Vīriyabala or Vīrya) < [Chapter 2 - Five Groups of Factor]

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

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Buddhist Perspective on the Development of Social Welfare (by Ashin Indacara)

2. The Definition and Interpretation of Uṭṭhāna (Effort) < [Chapter 1 - The Accomplishment of Persistent Effort and Watchfulness or Protection]

5. The Eight Roots of Making Effort (Attha-ārambha-vatthu) < [Chapter 1 - The Accomplishment of Persistent Effort and Watchfulness or Protection]

25. Balance or Equilibrium < [Chapter 5 - The Accomplishment of Virtue and Wisdom]

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A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)

Factors of Enlightenment < [Chapter VII - Abhidhamma Categories]

52 Kinds of Mental States < [Chapter II - Mental States]

Different Combinations of Mental States < [Chapter II - Mental States]

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Part 3 - Progress in exertion < [Chapter XXVI - Exertion]

Appendix 8 - The fourth dhyāna < [Chapter XXXIX - The Ten Powers of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma]

Part 2 - Various kinds of morality < [Chapter XXI - Discipline or Morality]

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Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)

Part 1.5 - Viriya or Virya Paramita (the perfection of vigour) < [Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections]

Part 2 - The Difference between the two sets of Perfections—Introduction < [Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections]

Part 2.2 - Bala Paramita (the perfection of Strength) < [Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections]

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