viveka
See also: Viveka
Pali
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Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit विवेक (viveka).
Noun
viveka m[1]
- detachment, loneliness, separation, seclusion
- c. 500 BCE, the Buddha, Mucalindasutta:
- Sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa sutadhammassa passato
Abyāpajjaṃ sukhaṃ loke pāṇabhutesu saṃyamo.- Seclusion is happiness for the contented
who see the teaching they have learned.
Kindness for the world is happiness
for one who’d not harm a living creature.
- Seclusion is happiness for the contented
- discrimination (of thought)
Declension
Declension table of "viveka" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | viveko | vivekā |
| Accusative (second) | vivekaṃ | viveke |
| Instrumental (third) | vivekena | vivekehi or vivekebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | vivekassa or vivekāya or vivekatthaṃ | vivekānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | vivekasmā or vivekamhā or vivekā | vivekehi or vivekebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | vivekassa | vivekānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | vivekasmiṃ or vivekamhi or viveke | vivekesu |
| Vocative (calling) | viveka | vivekā |