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修

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: repeated practice

Senses:

  • To practice; religious practice. Refers generally to cultivation of goodness, and specifically to meditation practice, contemplation. To practice repeatedly at mental contemplation, bringing virtue to fruition. To cultivate, to nurture, to develop, to adjust, to correct, to repair, to regulate, to reform. To prune. To cultivate morality, virtue or enlightenment. In relation to the original nature 性, cultivation refers to the bringing of that nature to its completion. Also written 修行. The Sarvâstivādin school recognized four kinds of practice 四修 (Skt. abhyāsa; bhāvanā; Tib. bsgom pa, goms parbyed pa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Stephen Hodge]
  • Having pursued (Skt. āsevita; Tib. kun tubsten pa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]
  • To carry out individual religious practice(Skt. pratinisevana). [Charles Muller]
  • An abbreviation for 修道. [Charles Muller]
  • Synonymous with 禪定. [Charles Muller]
  • Translit. su, sū. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
  • (Skt. bhāvayati, prāyoga, pratipanna, atidīrgha; anu-prap, anuyoga, abhinirhāra, abhiyukta, abhiṣyandana, abhyasyat, avaropayitavya, ācarita, ādhāna, ārabhatekartum, ārambha, utpādana, utpādayati, udyoga, upasaṃpadya, upârjana, kara, kārin, kṛta, kriyā, kṣamā, cari, carita, caritavat, caritāvin, carī, cārin, cīrṇa, tapyate, niṣevaṇa, niṣevita, niṣpādana, nisevana, parikarma-kṛta, paricaya, paribhāvita, paryanviṣṭa, pūrayati, prabhāvana, prabhāvanatā, prabhāvyate, prayukta, prayujyate, prayojayati, pravartana, pravartamāna, pravartayati, bhāvana, bhāvanatā, bhāvanāmaya, bhāvanā-mārga, bhāvanā-stha, bhāvayitavya, bhāvita, bhāvyate, yukta, yoga, vibhāvanā, vibhāvita, vṛtti, vrata, śikṣita, samādāna, samudāgama, samudānayana, saṃbhārayati, suparikarma-kṛta, sevana, sevya) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 483, 483

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 623d

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0135

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

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2008-07-28