Lahutā

Translations of
Lahutā
Englishlightness
PaliLahutā
Indonesianperinganan
VietnameseKhinh (氫) (nhẹ)
Kāyalahutā: Khinh thân
Cittalahutā: Khinh tâm
Glossary of Buddhism

Lahutā (Pali) is a Buddhist term translated as "lightness", and it is the basis for the following pair of mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings:

  • Kāyalahutā - lightness of mental body (or lightness of cetasikas)
  • Cittalahutā - lightness of consciousness (or lightness of citta)

These two mental factors have the characteristic of the subsiding of heaviness (garubhāva) in the mental body and consciousness, respectively.