klesha

[klesh-uh]

klesh·a

[klesh-uh]
noun Yoga.
any of the five hindrances to enlightenment, which are ignorance or avidya, egocentricity, attachments, aversions, and the instinctive will to live.

Origin:
< Sanskrit kleśa literally, suffering, distress
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Klesha is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Main Entry:  klesha
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  any of the five hindrances to enlightenment, including ignorance/delusion, attachment/desire, aversion/anger, envy/jealousy, and pride or belief in a separate self
Etymology:  Sanskrit 'mental defilement, mental poison', from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
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