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仰口食

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: to make a living by divination

Senses:

  • To make a living by fortune-telling—one of the four wrong ways for a monk or nun to make a living 四邪命食 (Skt. *ūrdhva-mukho bhuñjasi; Pāli ubbha-mukhāhāra). Abbreviated as 仰食. [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Yokoi, Nakamura, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 309, 191

    Bulgyo sajeon 564a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 217a

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 181

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 246b, 404a→しふじょうじき四不淨食 , 530a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2165

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0105

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 268-2

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    Entry created: 2012-12-29