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pratītyasamutpāda

pratītyasamutpāda noun: the principle that everything is interdependent, that all things arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.

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.

pratītyasamutpāda meaning in Hindi, Sanskrit, Sinhala and Thai

pratītyasamutpāda in Hindi

Translations
प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद pratītyasamutpād

pratītyasamutpāda in Sanskrit

Translations
प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद pratītyasamutpāda

pratītyasamutpāda in Sinhala

Translations
පටිච්චසමුප්පාද paṭiccasamuppāda

pratītyasamutpāda in Thai

Translations
ปฏิจจสมุปบาท bpà-dtìt-jà-sà-mùp-bàat
More languagesFewer languages
pratītyasamutpāda in Myanmar
ပဋိစ္စသမုပ္ပါဒ် pa.ticca.sa.muppad

Forms of pratītyasamutpāda

alternative formpaticcasamuppāda

Origin of pratītyasamutpāda

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (pratītyasamutpāda, “dependent origination”), from प्रतीत्य (pratītya, “dependence”) + समुत्पाद (samutpāda, “arising”).

Questions about pratītyasamutpāda

What does pratītyasamutpāda mean?
Pratītyasamutpāda means the principle that everything is interdependent, that all things arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.
What is pratītyasamutpāda in Hindi?
Pratītyasamutpāda in Hindi is प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (pratītyasamutpād). See Pratītyasamutpāda meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pratītyasamutpāda?
Pratītyasamutpāda is a noun.

Words near pratītyasamutpāda in the dictionary

  1. pratyekabuddha
  2. pratyekabuddhas
  3. pratylenchid
  4. pratylenchids
  5. Pratyush
  6. pratītyasamutpāda
  7. prau
  8. praught
  9. praunce
  10. praunced
  11. prauncer

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