Taṇhā
| Translations of taṇhā | |
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| English | thirst, craving, desire, etc. |
| Sanskrit | tṛ́ṣṇā (Dev: तृष्णा) |
| Pali | taṇhā |
| Bengali | টান (Tan) |
| Burmese | တဏှာ (MLCTS: tən̥à) |
| Chinese | 貪愛 / 贪爱 (Pinyin: tānài) |
| Indonesian | nafsu, nafsu kahausan, nafsu keinginan, keserakahan, ketamakan |
| Japanese | 渇愛 (Rōmaji: katsu ai) |
| Khmer | តណ្ហា (UNGEGN: tânha) |
| Korean | 갈애 (RR: gal-ae) |
| Sinhala | තණ්හාව,තෘෂ්ණාව |
| Tibetan | སྲེད་པ་ (Wylie: sred pa; THL: sepa) |
| Tagalog | tanha |
| Thai | ตัณหา (IPA: tan-hăː) |
| Vietnamese | ái |
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Taṇhā (from Pāli; Sanskrit: तृष्णा, romanized: tṛ́ṣṇā Sanskrit pronunciation: [tr̩ʂɳaː]) is an important concept in Buddhism, referring to "thirst, desire, longing, greed", either physical or mental. It is typically translated as craving, and is of three types: kāma-taṇhā (craving for sensual pleasures), bhava-taṇhā (craving for existence), and vibhava-taṇhā (craving for non-existence).
Taṇhā appears in the Four Noble Truths, wherein taṇhā arises with, or exists together with, dukkha (dissatisfaction, "standing unstable") and the cycle of repeated birth, becoming and death (saṃsāra).
In the Theravāda Abhidhamma teachings, taṇhā is equivalent to the mental factor lobha (attachment).