Conceptual proliferation
| Translations of papañca | |
|---|---|
| English | Conceptual proliferation |
| Sanskrit | प्रपञ्च (prapañca) |
| Pali | papañca |
| Chinese | 戏论, 戲論 (Pinyin: xìlùn) |
| Japanese | 戯論 (Rōmaji: Keron) |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
In Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta, conceptual proliferation (Pāli: papañca; Sanskrit: prapañca) or, alternatively, mental proliferation or conceptual elaboration, refers to unbounded conceptualization, "tend[ing] to obscure the true state of affairs."