doubt, skeptical: vicikicchā  (q.v.), kaṅkhā (q.v.).

Buddhist Dictionary, Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, by NYANATILOKA MAHATHERA

迷

疑

Doubt. The word "doubt" has its etymological root in two Latin words (duo + bito = to go in two directions, i.e., to stand at the crossroads). It is therefore not, as is often supposed, antithetical to faith, being, on the contrary, an implicate of it. Faith is, rather, a descant on doubt. Descartes insisted on doubt as a method for discovering the starting point of authentic philosophical thought. Christian thought may be likewise said to presuppose doubt. See Belief; also the article "Doubt and Belief" in the Encyclopedia of Religion ( 1986).

Geddes MacGregor, Dictionary of Religion and Philosophy, New York: Paragon House, 1989

doubt : (f.) kaṅkhā; saṅkā; vimati. (m.) sadeha. (v.i.) saṅkati; kaṅkhati; vicikicchati. (pp.) saṅkita; kaṅkhita; vicikicchita. (v.t.) na saddahati. (pp.) asaddahita.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

snyam du yid gnyis

[translation-san] {L} vimati

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} doubt

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the tshom

[translation-san] {MSA,MV} vicikitsā

[translation-san] {MSA} vicikitsatā

[translation-san] {LCh,MSA} saṃśaya

[translation-san] {MSA} saṃdeha

[translation-san] saṃdigdha

[translation-san] {C} vimati

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} doubt; qualm; suspicion

[translation-eng] {C} perplexity; uncertainty; consternation

[definition-bod] mtshan nyid 1 rang stobs kyis mtha' gnyis su dogs pa'i rig pa/ 2 rang yul la dogs pa'i rig pa/

[definition-eng] Def.: (1) a knower which by its own power has doubts in two directions; or: (2) an awareness having qualms with respect to its object

[division-bod] dbye ba 1 don 'gyur gyi the tshom/ 2 don mi 'gyur gyi the tshom/ 3 cha mnyam pa'i the tshom/

[division-eng] Div.: (1) doubt tending toward the fact; (2) doubt not tending toward the fact; (3) equal doubt

[comments] Comment: This is one of the six root afflictions (rtsa nyon, mūlakleśa): desire ('dod chogs, rāga); (2) anger (khong khro, pratigha); (3) pride (nga rgyal, māna); (4) ignorance (ma rig pa, avidyā); (5) doubt (the tshom, vicikitsā); (6) afflicted view (lta ba nyon mongs can, kliṣṭa-dṛṣṭi). This is also one of the seven types of knowledge and awareness (blo rig); for the others see blo rig.

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the tshom 'gyur la

[tenses]

• 'gyur
• 'gyurd
• gyur
• gyurd

[translation-san] {C} kathaṃkathin

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} doubt

[translation-eng] {C} one who is assailed by doubts

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dogs

[translation-san] {LCh} śaṃkā

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣati

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣā

[translation-san] {MSA} śoka

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} qualm; fear; doubt

[translation-eng] {C} hesitates; desires; doubts; hesitation

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dogs pa

[translation-san] {LCh} śaṃkā

[translation-san] {C} śaṅkita

[translation-san] {C} prayojana

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} fear; doubt; qualm{BJ 18.3}

[translation-eng] {C} apprehensive; necessary; useful; dread

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

dwogs

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} qualm; doubt{LG}

[comments] see: dogs, dogs pa compare: the tshom, doubt

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

nem nu

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣa

[translation-eng] {C} doubt

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

nem nur

[translation-san] {C} vimati

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣati

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣate

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣāyitva

[translation-eng] {C} perplexity; doubt; uncertainty; consternation; hesitates; desires; doubts; (state of) hesitation; perplexed

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary