वेदनाvedanā

वेदना (vedanā) is a Sanskrit word meaning announcing, proclaiming, perception or knowledge, making known, pain, torture, agony, feeling or sensation, one of the five skandhas in Buddhism. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Announcing or Proclaiming, Knowledge and Perception, Pain and Suffering.

Definitions: 9

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Meanings by context

Announcing or Proclaiming

2 definitions

announcing, proclaiming

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

making known

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Knowledge and Perception

2 definitions

perception or knowledge

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Knowledge or perception. 2. Acquisition, wealth, or property. 3. Marriage. 4. Sensation or experience. 5. Pain, agony, or torment.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pain and Suffering

2 definitions

pain, torture, agony

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

pain

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Mythological Figure (Vedanā)

1 definition

wife of Raurava Naraka

— The Purana Index

Sensation and Feeling

1 definition

1. Feeling or sensation. 2. One of the five skandhas in Buddhism.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Skin or Cutis

1 definition

the true skin or cutis

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.