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八支

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: eight stems

Senses:

  • A term applied to various eight-section sets of items, such as the eightfold path 八正道, eight precepts 八戒, etc. (Skt. aṣṭâṅga, aṣṭâṅgika, aṣṭābhir aṅgaiḥ; Tib. yan lag brgyad pa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Hirakawa, Nakamura, Soothill, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 868

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1108c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 278

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0164

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1404-3

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

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2016-01-15