dukkha

dukkha

adjectif : douloureux, désagréable, insatisfaisant, inconfortable, pénible
substantif (neutre) : habituellement traduit par souffrance, peine ; insatisfaction, mal-être, malaise (par opposition à sukha : bien-être, aise)

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids & William Stede

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dukkha (adj.-n.) [Sk. duḥkha fr. duḥ – ka, an adj. formation fr. prefix duḥ (see du). According to others an analogy formation after sukha, q. v.; Bdhgh (at Vism 494) expls dukkha as du+kha, where du=du1 and kha=ākāsa. See also def. at Vism 461.] A. (adj.) unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant) Vin i.34; Dh 117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) M i.59 (˚ŋ vedanaŋ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 e); A ii.116=M. i.10 (sarīrikāhi vedanāhi dukkhāhi). — Fig. (fraught with pain, entailing sorrow or trouble) of kāmā D i.36 (=paṭipīḷan – aṭṭhena DA i.121); Dh 186 (=bahudukkha DhA iii.240); of jāti M i.185 (cp. ariyasacca, below B I.); in combn dukkhā paṭipadā dandhābhiññā D iii.106; Dhs 176; Nett 7, 112 sq., cp. A ii.149 sq. ekanta˚ very painful, giving much pain S ii.173; iii.69. dukkhaŋ (adv.) with difficulty, hardly J i.215.

Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)

duḥkha [dus-kha] a. m. n. f. duḥkhā pénible, désagréable, douloureux ; difficile, malaisé [«dont l'essieu tourne difficilement»] — n. malheur, mal ; souffrance, peine, douleur (opp. sukha)