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七有

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Basic Meaning: seven states of existence

Senses:

  • (Skt. sapta bhavāḥ; Tib. srid pa bdun). The seven states of existence 七生 in a human realm 人界, or in any desire realm 欲界. Including all human and desire realms this can be expanded out to fourteen 十四生 or twenty-eight 二十八有 each including its own intermediate state 中有. This is the gamut of experience of the stream winner 預流果. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Hirakawa, Soothill]
  • These are usually (1) in the hells 地獄, (2) as animals 畜生, (3) hungry ghosts 餓鬼, (4) gods 天, (5) humans 人, (6) karmic existence 業有, and (7) in the intermediate state 中有. 〔起信論疏 T 1844.44.202c23, 倶舍論 T 1559.29.168b15〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill]
  • Sutra on the Seven Existences. A sutra adduced by Saṃghabhadra 衆賢 and Vasubandhu 世親 in their Abhidharma treatises 〔倶舍論T 1558.29.42a29；順正理論 T 1562.29.459b27〕 . [Billy Brewster]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 448

    Bulgyo sajeon 873a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 445c

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 582a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 96

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0018

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1888c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 99-1*727-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2018-07-14