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Taṇhā

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 338 words | Copyright

Taṇhā (Pāli) or tṛṣṇā (Skt., ‘thirst’). Thirsting or craving after the objects of the senses and the mind; according to the second Noble Truth (see FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS) in Buddhism, the root cause of all suffering. Nirvāna is synonymous with the extinction of all thirsting.

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