threefold suffering
“duḥkhatraya”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
the threefold suffering · duḥkha · suffering
spoken of as
1 expressionduḥkha“threefold suffering”1 mention
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana (Sanskrit)
] Suffering (duḥkha) is threefold.
in the texts
Sāṃkhyakārikā
The threefold affliction whose removal motivates the entire philosophical inquiry of the text.
Because of the affliction caused by the threefold suffering there arises the desire to know the means of removing it.
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
Suffering classified into internal (adhyātmika, itself bodily and mental), elemental (ādhibhautika), and divine (ādhidaivika) kinds.
] Suffering (duḥkha) is threefold.
] Suffering is declared threefold:
] [And] one is no longer overcome by the threefold suffering.