Saṃbhinnapralāpa

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saṃbhinnapralāpa (P. samphappalāpa; T. ngag 'khyal/ngag 'khyal ba; C. qiyu 綺語). Senseless talk, idle chatter, idle gossip, nonsensical speech, vain speech. The seventh of the ten unwholesome courses of action (akuśalakarmapatha ).[1][2]

Notes

  1. Internet-icon.svg ngag 'khyal, 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"