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Dukh

Dukh is a term used in several South Asian languages, including Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, and Nepali, to denote sorrow, pain, or distress. It is commonly transliterated from the Sanskrit duḥkha and is often interpreted as suffering or hardship. In everyday speech, phrases involving dukh express personal sorrow, grief, or difficult circumstances.

In philosophical and religious contexts, dukh/dukkha is a central concept. In Buddhism, dukkha (the Pali form)

Literary and cultural usage of the word spans poetry, music, and everyday idiom. Dukh appears in many

See also: Dukkha, Sukha.

refers
to
the
suffering
or
unsatisfactory
nature
of
conditioned
existence
and
is
one
of
the
fundamental
aspects
highlighted
in
the
Four
Noble
Truths.
The
recognition
of
dukkha
leads
to
insights
about
the
causes
of
suffering
and
the
path
toward
its
cessation.
In
Hinduism,
the
term
duḥkha
is
used
to
describe
the
experience
of
suffering
or
hardship
and
is
frequently
contrasted
with
sukha,
meaning
happiness
or
well-being.
Across
these
traditions,
the
idea
of
dukhha
is
linked
to
the
human
condition
and
the
pursuit
of
lasting
peace
or
liberation.
works
to
evoke
grief,
heartbreak,
or
social
or
personal
hardship.
It
can
function
as
a
descriptive
mood
in
prose
and
verse
or
as
a
thematic
motif
in
discussions
of
morality,
fate,
and
resilience.