Pāguññatā

Translations of
Pāguññatā
Englishproficiency
Palipāguññatā
Indonesiankecakapan
VietnameseThuần

Kāya-pāguññatā: Thuần thân

Citta-pāguññatā: Thuần tâm
Glossary of Buddhism

Pāguññatā (Pali) is a Buddhist term translated as "proficiency", and it is the basis for the following pair of mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings:

  • Kāya-pāguññatā - proficiency of mental body (or proficiency of cetasikas)
  • Citta-pāguññatā - proficiency of consciousness (or proficiency of citta)

These two mental factors have the characteristic of healthiness of the mental body and consciousness, respectively.