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三果

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: third realization

Senses:

  • The third of the four realizations 四果 of the śrāvaka path: the 'nonreturner'  不還. 〔二障義  HBJ 1.797a〕 . Or, the first three of the four realizations (Skt. tri-phala, phala-traya, trividha-phala, trīṇi phalāni, trayāṇāṃ śrāmaṇya-phalānām; *trapuṣa, *trapusa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
  • Three different kinds of fruits, or rebirths. [Charles Muller]
  • In Tiantai, the three results of tripiṭaka 藏, shared 通 and distinct 別. [Charles Muller]
  • Three Fruits (Skt. triphalā), a common medicine made with helilejia 訶梨勒迦 (Skt. harītakī; Terminalia chebula), amoluojia 阿摩洛迦 or awuluojia 阿無羅迦 (Skt. āmalaka; Emblica officinalis), and pipidejia 仳仳得迦 (Skt. vibhītaka; Terminalia bellirica). Mentioned frequently in Āyurvedic and Buddhist texts as an all-purpose panacea for diseases of the Elements. [Pierce Salguero]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 345

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 456d

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0022

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 611-2

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2013-10-08