八苦

八苦

the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)

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MEANING

MEANING

  1. noun

    the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)

    • Life has eight sufferings.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (eight (pictographic, two strokes separating))ASSOCIATIVE

Two strokes separated apart like two objects dividing represent the number eight.

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