Paiśunyavāda

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paiśunyavāda (P. pisuṇavācā; T. phra ma; C. liangshe 兩舌). Divisive speech; malicious speech; slander. The fifth of the ten unwholesome courses of action (akuśalakarmapatha ).[1][2]

Notes

  1. Internet-icon.svg phra ma, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. List of lists, "ten unwholesome courses of action"