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  2. Trishna (Vedic thought) - Wikipedia

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    Gautama Buddha said that the cause of sorrow – the second of the Four Noble Truths – is desire; and the cause of desire is tanha or trishna. [8]The truth is - that deeds come from upādāna (clinging to existence), upādāna comes from trishna (craving), trishna comes from vedana (torture), the perception of pain and pleasure, the desire for rest; sensation (contact with objects) brings ...

  3. Nirvana - Wikipedia

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    The concept of liberation as "extinction of suffering", along with the idea of sansara as the "cycle of rebirth" is also part of Sikhism. [76] Nirvana appears in Sikh texts as the term Nirban . [ 77 ] [ 78 ] However, the more common term is Mukti or Moksh , [ 79 ] a salvation concept wherein loving devotion to God is emphasized for liberation ...

  4. List of endangered languages in India - Wikipedia

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    Apatani language: Vulnerable [1] apt: Asur language: Definitely endangered [1] asr: Badaga language: Definitely endangered [1] bfq: Baghati language: Critically endangered [1] bfz: Balti language: Vulnerable [1] Also spoken in: Pakistan: bft: Bangani language: Critically endangered [1] gbm: Bangni language: Vulnerable [1] Bawm language ...

  5. Endangered language - Wikipedia

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    An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. [1] Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a "dead language". If no one can speak the language at all, it becomes an "extinct language".

  6. Exposure therapy - Wikipedia

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    Exposure therapy is based on the principle of respondent conditioning often termed Pavlovian extinction. [10] The exposure therapist identifies the cognitions, emotions and physiological arousal that accompany a fear-inducing stimulus and then tries to break the pattern of escape that maintains the fear.

  7. Language death - Wikipedia

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    By extension, language extinction is when the language is no longer known, including by second-language speakers, when it becomes known as an extinct language. A related term is linguicide , [ 1 ] the death of a language from natural or political causes, and, rarely, glottophagy , the absorption or replacement of a minor language by a major ...

  8. Fear - Wikipedia

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    Fear is an unpleasant emotion that arises in response to perceived dangers or threats. Fear causes physiological and psychological changes. It may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat, commonly known as the fight-or-flight response. Extreme cases of fear can trigger an immobilized freeze ...

  9. List of languages by time of extinction - Wikipedia

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    A language like Latin is not extinct in this sense, because it evolved into the modern Romance languages; it is impossible to state when Latin became extinct because there is a diachronic continuum (compare synchronic continuum) between ancestors Late Latin and Vulgar Latin on the one hand and descendants like Old French and Old Italian on the ...