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八犍度

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Basic Meaning: eight sections

Senses:

  • (Skt. aṣṭa-skandha; Pāli aṭṭha-khandha) The eight sections of the Abhidharma-jñānaprasthâna-śāstra 阿毘曇八犍度論, attributed to Kātyāyana 迦旃延: miscellaneous 雜; the declivities 結使; wisdom 智; activity 行; the four elements 四大; the faculties 根; meditation 定; and views 見. 〔翻譯名義集〕 Explained at length in Mochizuki and the Fo Guang Dictionary. 〔三論玄義 T 1852.45.0002b23〕 [Charles Muller, Billy Brewster; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bulgyo sajeon 893a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 299

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)993b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1402-3, 423-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2021-01-29