viveka

See also: Viveka

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• विवेक (Devanagari script)
• ৰিৰেক (Bengali script)
• විවෙක (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိဝေက or ဝိဝေၵ (Burmese script)
• วิเวก or วิเวกะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᩅᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິເວກ or ວິເວກະ (Lao script)
• វិវេក (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑅇𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विवेक (viveka).

Noun

viveka m

1. detachment, loneliness, separation, seclusion
   • c. 500 BCE, the Buddha, Mucalindasutta:

     Sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa sutadhammassa passato
     Abyāpajjaṃ sukhaṃ loke pāṇabhutesu saṃyamo.

     Seclusion is happiness for the contented
     who see the teaching they have learned.
     Kindness for the world is happiness
     for one who’d not harm a living creature.

2. discrimination (of thought)

Declension

Declension table of "viveka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	viveko	vivekā
Accusative (second)	vivekaṃ	viveke
Instrumental (third)	vivekena	vivekehi or vivekebhi
Dative (fourth)	vivekassa or vivekāya or vivekatthaṃ	vivekānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vivekasmā or vivekamhā or vivekā	vivekehi or vivekebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vivekassa	vivekānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vivekasmiṃ or vivekamhi or viveke	vivekesu
Vocative (calling)	viveka	vivekā