noun
Buddhist term for the mental factor of aversion or hatred, one of the three poisons. Used in doctrinal contexts.
瞋恚は三毒の一つとされる。
Dosa (ill will) is considered one of the three poisons.
noun
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.
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.