What are the Pali or Sanskrit words for these things?
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- Enlightenment - bodhi (awakening), vimokṣa, vimukti (liberation).
- Meditation - bhāvanā (cultivation), samādhi (concentration), śamatha (calmness), samāpatti, dhyāna.
- Loving-kindness - maitrī.
- Soul - as permanent entity which doesn't exists is ātman. Soul as psyche or mind is citta, manas, or as life force is jīvita-indriya.
- Reincarnation - is uncommon in Buddhist discourse.
- Rebirth - pratisaṃdhi. Where birth is jāti or bhāva.
- Pure - śubha.
- Heaven - deva-loka.
- Repentance - 懺 (ch'an) which is kṣamā.
- Pure land - buddha-kṣetra.
- Deity - devatā.
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There are many synonyms to the words given in the table. Only mentioning some of the popular words.
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