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三有

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: three kinds of existence

Senses:

  • Those things which exist in the realm of desire, the realm of form, and the formless realm. [Charles Muller]
  • The three realms (三界). [Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD]
  • The three kinds of bhava, or existence; See 三界. The three states of mortal existence in the trailokya, i. e. in the realms of desire, of form, and beyond form. Another definition is 現有 present existence, or the present body and mind; 當有 in a future state; 中有antarābhava, in the intermediate state. 三有對 The three sets of limitation on freedom: (a) direct resistance or opposition; (b) environment or condition; (c) attachment. 三有侀法 The three actively functioning dharmas: (1) pratigha, matter or form, i. e. that which has ' substantial resistance;' (2) mind; and (3) 非色非心 entities neither of matter nor mind; cf. 七十五法. 三有爲相 The three forms of all phenomena, birth, stay (i. e. 1ife), death; utpāda, sthiti, and nirvana (Skt. tri-bhava, trayobhavāḥ; kāma-bhaverūpa-bhaveārūpya-bhave, tṛ-bhava, tri-bhuva, tri-bhuvana, traidhātuka, bhava-traya, bhavâlaya, bhavôpapatti, bhuvana-traya; Pāli ti-bhava; Tib. srid pa gsum). [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 343

    Bulgyo sajeon 415a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 387d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 308

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 310

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 256b/284

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 592

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 8-P133, 18-P138

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 455b, 484d →

    Fo Guang Dictionary 548

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0022

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1467b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 99-1*604-3

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 68

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2009-07-20