Thina-Middha

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Th¨na-Middha

PTS: Dialogs of the Buddha III, #33: The Recital, T.W. and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, trans., pp201

WP: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, #33: The Chanting Together, M. Walshe, trans., pp479

PTS: The Middle Length Sayings, I: 33: Applications of Mindfulness, horner, trans., pp77

PTS: Woodward, The Book of the Gradual Sayings, V: The Book of the Tens, VII, pp144

Pali	MO	Hare	Horner	Punnaji	Bodhi	Nanamoli	Rhys Davids	(Mrs)Rhys Davids	Thanissaro	Walshe	Woodward	Nyanaponika Thera
th¨na-middha	lazy ways and inertia		sloth and torpor	Lethargy and drowsiness	sloth and torpor	sloth and torpor	sloth and torpor	sloth and torpor	Sloth and Torpor	sloth-and-torpor	sloth-and-torpor	Sloth and Torpor

**Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary:**
Th¨na: (nt.) [Sk. sty¤na; orig. pp. of sty¤yate to become hard, to congeal; stei.r¤ (cp. also thira)=Gr. ste/as grease, tale; Lat. st¨po to compress; also Sk. stimita (motionless)=P. timi; st¨ma (slow), Mhg. st¨m; Goth. etc. stains=E. stone; Gr. sti_fos (heap); Lat. st¨pes (pale); Ohg. st¨f=E. stiff] stiffness, obduracy, stolidity, indifference (cp. thaddhaandtand¨, closely related in meaning). Together with middha it is one of the 5 hindrances (n¨vara¼¤ni) to Arahantship (see below). Def. as cittassa akamma¾¾at¤, unwieldiness or impliability of mind (=immobility); as citta-gela¾¾aµ morbid state of mind ("psychosis"). -middha slothanddrowsiness, stolidityandtorpor; two of the 5 n¨vara¼¤ni Vin II.200 (vigata-); D I.71, 246; III.49, 234, 269, 278; S I.99; III.106; V.277 sq.; A III.69 sq.; 421. Middha (nt.) [orig. pp. perhaps to Vedic mid (?) to be fat=medh, as DhsA 378 gives "medhat¨ ti middhaµ." -- More likely however connected with Sk. methi (pillar=Lat. meta), cp. Prk. medhi. The meaning is more to the point too, viz. "stiff." Thus semantically identical with th¨na. -- BSk. also middha, e. g. Divy 555] torpor, stupidity, sluggishness D I.71 (th¨na-); A V.18. Middhin (adj.) [fr. middha] torpid, drowsy, sluggish Dh 325 (=th¨namiddh' a-bhibh¬ta DhA IV.16).