anger; irateness
Rare literary word for anger or wrath. Not used in everyday speech; modern Japanese prefers 怒り or 憤怒.
古い経典には瞋恚の心を戒める言葉がある。
In old scriptures, there are words that admonish against a mind of anger.
Stronger, more formal word for rage or indignation; 瞋恚 is more archaic and often specifically Buddhist.
Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term and rare literary word for anger.
Variant kanji form; 嗔 is a less common character for the same meaning.
Borrowed from Chinese 瞋恚, used in Buddhist texts to translate Sanskrit dveṣa or Pali dosa. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of ill will or anger.