क्लेश

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • कलेस (kales), किलेस (kiles)dialectal

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्लेश (kleśa). Doublet of कलेस (kales).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kleːʃ/

Noun

क्लेश • (kleśm

  1. affliction, suffering, anguish
  2. strife, quarrelling

Declension

Declension of क्लेश (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct क्लेश
kleś
क्लेश
kleś
oblique क्लेश
kleś
क्लेशों
kleśõ
vocative क्लेश
kleś
क्लेशो
kleśo

Derived terms

  • क्लेशित (kleśit, distressed)
  • क्लेश करना (kleś karnā, to afflict, distress)
  • क्लेश देना (kleś denā, to afflict, distress)
  • क्लेशमय (kleśmay, distressful)

References

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root क्लिश् (kliś, to torment, trouble, suffer).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्लेश • (kleśa) stemm

  1. pain, affliction, distress, pain from disease, anguish
  2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) in yoga, the five kleśas are named avidyā 'ignorance', asmitā 'egotism', rāga 'desire', dveśa 'aversion' and abhiniveśa 'tenacity of mundane existence'

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of क्लेश
singular dual plural
nominative क्लेशः (kleśaḥ) क्लेशौ (kleśau)
क्लेशा¹ (kleśā¹)
क्लेशाः (kleśāḥ)
क्लेशासः¹ (kleśāsaḥ¹)
accusative क्लेशम् (kleśam) क्लेशौ (kleśau)
क्लेशा¹ (kleśā¹)
क्लेशान् (kleśān)
instrumental क्लेशेन (kleśena) क्लेशाभ्याम् (kleśābhyām) क्लेशैः (kleśaiḥ)
क्लेशेभिः¹ (kleśebhiḥ¹)
dative क्लेशाय (kleśāya) क्लेशाभ्याम् (kleśābhyām) क्लेशेभ्यः (kleśebhyaḥ)
ablative क्लेशात् (kleśāt) क्लेशाभ्याम् (kleśābhyām) क्लेशेभ्यः (kleśebhyaḥ)
genitive क्लेशस्य (kleśasya) क्लेशयोः (kleśayoḥ) क्लेशानाम् (kleśānām)
locative क्लेशे (kleśe) क्लेशयोः (kleśayoḥ) क्लेशेषु (kleśeṣu)
vocative क्लेश (kleśa) क्लेशौ (kleśau)
क्लेशा¹ (kleśā¹)
क्लेशाः (kleśāḥ)
क्लेशासः¹ (kleśāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁂𑀲 (kilesa)
  • Classical Newar: कलेश, क्लेश
  • Chinese: 煩惱 / 烦恼 (fánnǎo) (calque)
  • English: klesha
  • Malay: gelisah
  • Pali: kilesa
    • Burmese: ကိလေသာ (ki.lesa)
    • Lao: ກິເລດ (ki lēt)
    • Old Khmer: [script needed] (kilesa), [script needed] (kilessa)
    • Shan: ၵီႉလေႇသႃႇ (kḭ̂i lèe sàa)
    • Thai: กิเลส (gì-lèet)
  • Punjabi: ਕਲੇਸ਼ (kaleś)
  • Telugu: క్లేశము (klēśamu)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्लेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0324.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्लेश”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्लेश”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016