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五五百年

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Basic Meaning: five periods of five hundred years

Senses:

  • The five periods each of 500 years. In the tenth chapter of the Candragarbha-sūtra 大集月藏經 the Buddha is reported as saying that after his death there would be five successive periods each of 500 years, strong consecutively in power (1) of salvation 解脫, (2) of meditation 禪定, (3) of learning 多聞, (4) of stūpa and temple building 造寺, and finally (5) of dissension 鬥諍. [Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD, Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 269

    Bulgyo sajeon 615a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 79b/87

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 359c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1065

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1178a,1518b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 525-3

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 113

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    Entry created: 2001-10-06

    Updated: 2007-05-30