What is the Pali word for "pain"?

[SarathW]

What is the Pali word for "pain"?

[DooDoot]

pain
/peɪn/
noun
1. highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury.
"she's in great pain"

Similar:
suffering
agony
affliction
torture
torment
discomfort
soreness
ache
aching
hurt
throb
throbbing
smarting
pricking
sting
stinging
twinge
shooting pain
stab
pang
spasm
stitch
cramp
irritation
stiffness
tenderness

2. great care or trouble.
"she took pains to see that everyone ate well"
Similar:
care
effort
bother
trouble
labour
exertion
strain
struggle
try hard
make a great effort
make an effort
make every effort
spare no effort
take (great) pains
take care
put oneself out
apply oneself
exert oneself
strive
endeavour
try
battle
toil
work
aim
do one's best
do all one can
do one's utmost
give (it) one's all
go all out
bend/fall/lean over backwards
give it one's best shot

3. verb
cause mental or physical pain to.
"it pains me to say this"
Similar:
hurt
cause pain
be painful
be sore
ache
throb
smart
burn
prickle
sting
pinch
twinge
cause discomfort
be tender
kill
play up
sadden
grieve
distress
make miserable/wretched
trouble
worry
bother
perturb
disturb
oppress
harrow
cause anguish to
afflict
cut to the quick
mortify
torment
torture
wound
gnaw at

[DooDoot]

After the Buddha had commenced the rainy season residence, he fell severely ill, struck by dreadful pains, close to death.

Atha kho bhagavato vassūpagatassa kharo ābādho uppajji, bāḷhā vedanā vattanti māraṇantikā

https://suttacentral.net/dn16/en/sujato#2.23.1.

[Sam Vara]

Depending on context, dukkha is often translated as "pain".

[SarathW]

My guess was "vedana"
Perhaps pain means acute unpleasant feeling (vedana)
The problem is when you go to hospitals doctors ask you to score your pain from 0 to 10.
So perhaps doctors understand the pain in the sense of Vedana in Buddhism (ie pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral)

[Sam Vara]

My guess was "vedana"
Perhaps pain means acute unpleasant feeling (vedana)
The problem is when you go to hospitals doctors ask you to score your pain from 0 to 10.
So perhaps doctors understand the pain in the sense of Vedana in Buddhism (ie pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral)

It would be vedanā, but only if qualified by an adjective like "unpleasant", etc.

[SarathW]

Agree
As per DD's post, it seems bāḷhā means dreadful.

[DooDoot]

pain
වේදනාව
vēdanāva

[Sam Vara]

Agree
As per DD's post, it seems bāḷhā means dreadful.

Yes, there is also dukkhavedanā.

[SarathW]

pain
වේදනාව
vēdanāva