Speakur

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three marks of existence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
three- -mark-s of ex-is-tence
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the Pali tradition of the Theravada school, the three marks are

noun

sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā – all saṅkhāras (conditioned things) are impermanent

noun

sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā – all saṅkhāras are unsatisfactory, imperfect, unstable

noun

sabbe dhammā anattā – all dharmas (conditioned or unconditioned things) have no unchanging self or soul

Etymology

Calque of Pali tilakkhaṇa, Sanskrit त्रिलक्षण (trilakṣaṇa).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: त्रिलक्षण

Inflected Forms

the three marks of existence (canonical, plural)

Questions

What does three marks of existence mean?
In the Pali tradition of the Theravada school, the three marks are
Where does three marks of existence come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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