saṃsāra

  1. transmigration, lit. faring on DN.i.54; DN.ii.206 (here = existence); MN.i.81 (saṃsārena suddhi); SN.ii.178 sq.; AN.i.10; AN.ii.12 = AN.ii.52; Snp.517; Dhp.60; Ja.i.115; Pv.ii.13#11; Vism.544 (in detail), Vism.578, Vism.603 (˚assa kāraka); Pv-a.63, Pv-a.243. For description of saṃsāra (its endlessness & inevitableness) see e.g. SN.ii.178 SN.ii.184 sq., SN.ii.263; SN.iii.149 sq.; Vb-a.134 (anta-virahita); anamatagga (to which add refs. Vb-a.45, Vb-a.182, Vb-a.259 Vb-a.260).
  2. moving on, circulation: vacī˚; exchange of words AN.i.79.
  • -cakka [cp. BSk. saṃsāra-cakra] the wheel of tr. Vism.198, Vism.201; Vv-a.105 = Pv-a.7.
  • -dukkha the ill of tr Vism.531; Vb-a.145, Vb-a.149.
  • -bhaya fear of tr. Vb-a.199.
  • -sāgara the ocean of tr. Ja.iii.241.

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