| Translations of Lahutā |
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|---|---|
| English | lightness |
| Pali | Lahutā |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
Lahutā (Pali) is a Buddhist term translated as "lightness", and it is the basis for the following pair of mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings:
These two mental factors have the characteristic of the subsiding of heaviness (garubhāva) in the mental body and consciousness, respectively.
Bhikkhu Bodhi states:
Nina van Gorkom explains:
The Atthasālinī (I, Book I, Part IV, Chapter I, 30) states: