Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

three poisons

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: three- poi-sons
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The three root kleshas of Moha (delusion and confusion), Raga (greed and sensual attachment) and Dvesha (aversion and hate), which are considered to be innate in a being.

Inflected Forms

the three poisons (canonical)

Questions

What does three poisons mean?: The three root kleshas of Moha (delusion and confusion), Raga (greed and sensual attachment) and Dvesha (aversion and hate), which are considered to be innate in a being.

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