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paticcasamuppāda

/pətɪt͡ʃːəsəmʊpːaːdə/

paticcasamuppāda is the alternative spelling of pratītyasamutpāda.

Meaning of pratītyasamutpāda

Noun

pratītyasamutpāda (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Mahayana Buddhism) The principle that everything is interdependent, that all things arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.
  2. (chiefly Theravada Buddhism) The Twelve Nidānas.

Origin of paticcasamuppāda

From Pali paṭiccasamuppāda.

Questions about paticcasamuppāda

What is paticcasamuppāda the alternative spelling of?
Paticcasamuppāda is the alternative spelling of pratītyasamutpāda.
How do you pronounce paticcasamuppāda?
Paticcasamuppāda is pronounced /pətɪt͡ʃːəsəmʊpːaːdə/.

Words near paticcasamuppāda in the dictionary

  1. patibulary
  2. patibulum
  3. patibulums
  4. patican
  5. paticans
  6. paticcasamuppāda
  7. Paticua
  8. Patidar
  9. patience
  10. patience dock
  11. patience is a virtue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paticcasamuppāda (page history and authors); pratītyasamutpāda (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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