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vitakka vica^ra

'thought-conception and discursive thinking', (or 'applied and sustained thought') are verbal functions (vaci^-sankha^ra: s. sankha^ra) of the mind, the so-called 'inner speech ('parole interieure'). They are constituents of the 1st absorption (s. jha^na), but absent in the higher absorptions.

(1) "Thought-conception (vitakka) is the laying hold of a thought, giving it attention. Its characteristic consists in fixing the consciousness to the object.

(2) "Discursive thinking (vica^ra) is the roaming about and moving to and fro of the mind.... It manifests itself as continued activity of mind" (Vis.M. IV).

(1) is compared with the striking against a bell, (2) with its resounding; (1) with the seizing of a pot, (2) with wiping it. (Cf. Vis . IV.).

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