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craving

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term craving
Tibetan sred-pa
Sanskrit trshna
Pali
Definition The subsidiary awareness (mental factor) of a strong longing desire to experience something in the future that one may or may not be experiencing at present. The Sanskrit term means, literally, "thirst."

TRANSLATIONS

German Begierde
French soif
Italian desiderio ardente
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... attachment; craving
Russian жажда
Vietnamese tham ái