Dukha: 2 definitions

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Dukha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dukha (दुख).—(as in Pali, see Childers), dukhin, and dukhita, m.c. in verses for duḥkha, °khin, °khita, misery; miserable. The mss. and edd. are quite inconsistent, but write dukha very often, at least, where meter requires it; so Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 54.10; 162.2 (in 92.6 ed. dukha-, according to note with only one ms.); Lalitavistara 173.11 (no v.l.); 220.22 (dukhī, v.l. duḥ°); in Lalitavistara 252.10 Lefm. properly em. dukhitaṃ against all mss., but in 188.12 he allows the equally unmetrical(ly) suduḥkhito to stand; Senart on Mahāvastu i.9.17 keeps duḥkhā of mss., noting that meter implies a short penult; so also i.14.16, 15.13, and often, usually not em. by Senart; dukha is rather common in verses of Samādhirājasūtra, e.g. 19.20; also in Gaṇḍavyūha, dukha 301.22; 488.9; dukhitām 474.23; dukha (v.l. duḥ°) Bhadracarī 21; etc. In my opinion dukh° should always be read where meter indicates short first syllable.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Dukha (दुख) [Also spelled dukh]:—(nm) see [duḥkha].

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