Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kleśa क्लेश – affliction; cause of suffering; kleśa

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

affliction; cause of suffering; kleśa

Derived from

  1. kliś क्लिश् verbal root — torment; afflict
  2. a अ suffix — nominal-forming suffix -a
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kleśa ·m. affliction, pain, distress.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Kleśa, as, m. pain, affliction, distress; pain from disease, anguish; wrath, anger; worldly occupation; care, trouble.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

kleśa kleśa. See under rt. kliś.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kleśa (von kliś) m. Schmerz, Leiden, Beschwerde AK. 3,3,29. H. 319. H. an. 2,546. MED. ś. 4. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,11. yaṃ mātāpitarau kleśaṃ sahete saṃbhave nṛṇām M. 2,227. yo bandhanavadhakleśānprāṇināṃ na cikīrpati M. 5,46. kāyakleśāḥ M. 4,92. BHAG. 18,8. R. 2,28,23. — M. 12,80. YĀJÑ. 3,63. HIḌ. 1,44. BRĀHMAṆ. 3,18. BHAG. 12,5. MBH. 3,56. MBH. 3,577. MBH. 13,2260. R. 2,106,20. R. 3,42,21. ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,11. PAÑCAT. I, 432. PAÑCAT. I,V, 28. PAÑCAT. I,53,24. PAÑCAT. I,93,16. PAÑCAT. I,251,9. HIT. I, 148. HIT. I,176. BHĀG. P. 1,10,6. kleśakārin PAÑCAT. I, 355. ˚saha SUŚR. 1,6,10. SUŚR. 2,177,12. ˚kṣama SUŚR. 1,334,7. akleśena śarīrasya kurvīta dhanasaṃcayam M. 4,3. akleśādiva PAÑCAT. II, 9. avidyāsmitārāgadveṣābhiniveśāḥ (pañca) kleśāḥ YOGAS. 2,3. YOGAS. 2,2. YOGAS. 2,12. kleśeṣu pañcasu PRAB. 98,15. Ueber die Bed. von kleśa bei den Buddhisten s. BURN. Lot. de la b. l. 443. fgg. Lot. de la b. l. 788. nach MED. bedeutet das Wort noch: Zorn und vyavasāya (wordly occupation, care, trouble WILS.).

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kleśa Plage VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,61. im Yoga SARVADARŚANAS. 154,13. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 155,12. SARVADARŚANAS. 163,10. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 165,5. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 168,9. rāgadveṣādayaḥ kleśā upakleśāśca madamānādayaḥ bei den Buddhisten SARVADARŚANAS. 20,16. fg. — Vgl. doṣākleśī.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kleśa m. — 1〉 Qual, Plage, Schmerz, Leiden, Beschwerde. Die fünf Kleśa im Yoga sind avidyā, asmitā, rāga, dveṣa und abhiniveśa; die Buddhisten kennen deren mehr. — 2〉 *Zorn. — 3〉 *= vyavasāya.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kleśaḥ [kliś-bhāve ghañ] 1 Pain, anguish, suffering, distress, trouble; kimātmā kleśasya padamupanītaḥ Ś. 1; kleśaḥ phalena hi punarnavatāṃ vidhatte Ku. 5. 86; Bg. 12. 5. 2 Wrath, anger. 3 Care, trouble. 4 Worldly occupation. Comp. — apaha a. allaying pain, consoling, palliative. — (haḥ) a son. — kara a. causing pain or trouble. — kṣama a capable of enduring trouble.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kleśa m. Plage, Qual, Leiden.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kleśa kleśa m. (kliś) agitation physique; fatigue, lassitude. Tourment moral, peine, ennui. Bd. toute imperfection produite par le mal moral [il y en a de 8 espèces, qui sont les 8 péchés capitaux, à savoir: kāma, arati, kṣutpipāsā, tṛṣṇā, styāna, bhaya, vicikitsā, krodha; il y en a 10 chez les Buddhistes de Ceylan]. Bd. pañca-kleśās les cinq corruptions du mal de la personne qui transmigre, c-à-d. les cinq sens. kleśakṣama a. (kṣam) qui endure la misère, qui résiste à la peine. kleśayāmi (c. de kliś) tourmenter, affliger

Occurrences in source texts (10)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 1.58-1.63: Mitāhāra 1 occurrence

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HP 3.10-3.18: Mahāmudrā 1 occurrence

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PYS 6 occurrences
PYS 1.23–26: Īśvara 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.1–2: Kriyā-Yoga 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.3–9: Five Kleśas 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.12–14: The Karmic Store 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.27–28: The Return of Old Saṃskāras 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.29–32: Dharmamegha-Samādhi 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.68-3.80: Vāyusādhana 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 1.7-1.12: Triad and Freedom 1 occurrence

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