"vipassana" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Transliteration of Pali vipassanā, from Sanskrit विपश्यना (vipaśyanā). Etymology templates: {{translit|en|pi|vipassanā}} Transliteration of Pali vipassanā, {{cog|sa|विपश्यना}} Sanskrit विपश्यना (vipaśyanā) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} vipassana (uncountable)
  1. (Buddhism) Insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering or unsatisfactoriness, and the realisation of nonself. Wikipedia link: vipassana Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Buddhism Translations (vipassana): ဝိပဿနာ (wi.pa.ssa.na) (Burmese), 觀 /观 (Chinese Mandarin), 觀 /观 (guān) (Chinese Mandarin), vipassana (French), វិបស្សនា (vipahsaʼnaa) (Khmer), vipassanā (Pali), विपश्यना (vipaśyanā) (Sanskrit), ဝီႉပၢတ်ႈသၼႃႇ (wḭ̂i pāat sǎ nàa) (Shan), විපස්සනා (wipassanā) (Sinhalese), วิปัสสนา (wí-bpàt-sà-naa) (Thai), ལྷག་མཐོང་ (lhag mthong) (Tibetan), tuệ quán (Vietnamese)
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