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aananda, aahlaada & "happiness"

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My impression is that aahlaada means specifically a thrill of joy or

pleasure, more than an abiding state, whereas aananda can mean either a

brief feeling or an abiding state.

 

Allen Thrasher

 

 

 

 

Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.

Senior Reference Librarian

Southern Asia Section

Asian Division

Library of Congress

Jefferson Building 150

101 Independence Ave., S.E.

Washington, DC 20540-4810

tel. 202-707-3732

fax 202-707-1724

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of Congress.

 

 

 

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