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samvega

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
samve-ga
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dismay at the futility of life as normally lived; a sense of urgency to escape the cycle of samsara and achieve nirvana.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit संवेग (saṃvega, “desire for emancipation”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

samvegas (plural) saṃvega (alternative)

Questions

What does samvega mean?
Dismay at the futility of life as normally lived; a sense of urgency to escape the cycle of samsara and achieve nirvana.
Where does samvega come from?
Transliteration of Sanskrit संवेग (saṃvega, “desire for emancipation”).

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