likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by
The usual rendering for anicca is "impermanent " However, the antonym of the term, nicca, carries connotations of constancy and dependability; and as anicca is used to emphasize the point that conditioned phenomena cannot be depended on to provide true happiness, this seems a useful rendering for conveying this point
not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship
The usual rendering for anicca is "impermanent" However, the antonym of the term, nicca, carries connotations of constancy and dependability; and as anicca is used to emphasise the point that conditioned phenomena cannot be depended on to provide true happiness, this seems a useful rendering for conveying this point
Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc
likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare