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五衆

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: five skandhas

Senses:

  • Kumārajīvaʼs Chinese translation of the term 五蘊. 〔法華經 T 262.9.12a19〕 (Tib. 'khor rnam pa lnga; Skt. pañca-skandha) [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind, JEBD]
  • The five kinds of disciples of the Buddha:
    1. bhikṣu, 比丘 (Pāli bhikkhu);
    2. bhikṣuṇī 比丘尼 (Pāli bhikkhunī),
    3. śikṣamāṇā 式叉摩那 (Pāli sikkhamānā),
    4. śrāmaṇera 沙彌 (Pāli sāmaṇera),
    5. śrāmaṇerikā 沙彌尼 (Pāli sāmaṇerī).
    Among these, the bhikṣus and bhikṣuṇīs accept the full set of precepts; śikṣamāṇās receive the six rules 六法 and the śrāmaṇeras and śrāmaṇerikās receive the ten precepts 十戒. 〔大智度論(卷十)〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 110

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 272

    Bulgyo sajeon 624a

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 110

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 344a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 271

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 88b/97

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 174

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 363d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1152

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0089

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1207b,1094c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 531-3

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

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2013-07-10