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Sokā

Soka

the flame of fire, later in sense of “burning grief” grief, sorrow, mourning; defined as “socanā socitattaṃ anto-soko… cetaso parijjhāyanā domanassaṃ” at Pts.i.38 = Mnd.128 = Cnd.694 ; shorter as “ñāti-vyasan’ ādīhi phuṭṭhassa citta-santāpo” at Vism.503 = Vb-a Cp. the foll.: Vin.i.6 ; DN.i.6 ; DN.ii

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the flame of fire, later in sense of “burning grief” grief, sorrow, mourning; defined as “socanā socitattaṃ anto-soko… cetaso parijjhāyanā domanassaṃ” at Pts.i.38 = Mnd.128 = Cnd.694; shorter as “ñāti-vyasan’ ādīhi phuṭṭhassa citta-santāpo” at Vism.503 = Vb-a Cp. the foll.: Vin.i.6; DN.i.6; DN.ii.305, DN.ii.103; SN.i.110, SN.i.123 SN.i.137; AN.i.51, AN.i.144; AN.ii.21; AN.v.141; Snp.584, Snp.586; Ja.i.189; Snp-a.155; Dhp-a.ii.166; Kp-a.153 (abbūḷha˚); Pv.i.4#3 (= citta-santāpa Pv-a.18); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.14, Pv-a.38, Pv-a.42, Pv-a.61
asoka without grief: see viraja. See also dukkha B iii.1 b.

  • -aggi the fire of sorrow Pv-a.41. pl.
  • -divasā the days of mourning (at the king’s court after the death of the queen) Snp-a.89.
  • -parideva sorrow and lamenting AN.iii.32, AN.iii.326 sq.; AN.v.216 sq.; Vism.503; Mnd.128.
  • -pariddava id. Vv.84#30.
  • -pareta overcome with grief Pv.i.8#6
  • -vinaya dispelling of grief Pv-a.39.
  • -vinodana id. Pv-a.61.
  • -salla the dart or sting of sorrow AN.iii.54, AN.iii.58 Mnd.59, Mnd.414; Pv.i.8#6; Pv-a.93, Pv-a.162.

fr. śuc, to gleam (which to the Dhtp however is known only in meaning “soka”: Dhtp.39); cp. Vedic śoka.

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