three fires

English

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit त्रिविष (triviṣa).

Noun

three fires pl (plural only)

1. (Buddhism) Three Poisons; three primary causes of unskillful action that lead to the creation of "negative" karma

Translations

three fires

• Burmese: မီးသုံးပါး (my) (mi:sum:pa:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三毒 (zh) (sāndú)

• Vietnamese: tam độc