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不思議

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: inconceivable

Senses:

  • Non-conceptual; inscrutable. That which is beyond contemplation or conceptualization. Beyond linguistic expression. Beyond thought and words, beyond conception, baffling description, amazing (Skt. acintya, atarkika, acitta, acintya-prabhāvatā; Tib. bsam gyis mi khyab pa). Transliterated as 阿軫帝也. Usually said in reference to some quality of the Buddhaʼs teaching, especially something that defies ordinary comparison. Also commonly written as 不可思議 (Skt. acintiya, anupama-citta, *avīcintya, avīcintiya). [Charles Muller, Stephen Hodge]
  • 'No-mind' —the nonexistence of the grasping mental functions (Skt. grāhaka-citta-abhāva). [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 903

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 689

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 135

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 6-P171, 16-P93

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1160a

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0047

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑨189c*

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4379b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1522-1

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 689

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2009-06-28