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中洲

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Basic Meaning: middle continents

Senses:

  • Each of the four great continents 四大洲 at the foot of Mount Sumeru has two middling continents (Skt. antara-dvīpa). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.287a5〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 737

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 959b

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0072

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1206-2

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 111

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    Entry created: 2001-10-02

    Updated: 2007-05-24