Anitya, Anicca
sk अनित्य anitya, “non-eternal”. | pl anicca, "impermanent". | kh អនិច្ចា anichya, "not fixed".
In Buddhism, anitya refers to the state of ‘impermanence’, constant and fleeting change, the 'impermanent objects.
In Theravada Buddhism, aniccānupassanā is the contemplation of impermanence, the first of the 18 chief kinds of insight.
In modern Khmer, the word is used to express sorrow in phrases like ឱ អនិច្ចាអ្វីម្ល៉េះទេ! , ឱ អនិច្ចា !, lit. "What an anichya!", "How anichya!".
Source
- Wisdom Library
- Chhuon Nath Dictionary
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