Concept

Conceptual proliferation

Overview

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."

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Philosophers who discussed Conceptual proliferation

• Nagarjuna

Related ideas

• Brahman
• Sanskrit
• Mahayana
• Sutra
• Advaita Vedanta
• Buddhism
• Pali
• Svabhava

Place in the tradition

Part of Buddhist philosophy.

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