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六根

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Basic Meaning: six (sense) faculties

Senses:

  • The six sense organs: eye 眼, ear 耳, nose 鼻, tongue 舌, body 身, and the object-apprehending aspect of the mind 意 (眼根, 耳根, 鼻根, 舌根, 身根, 意根). See also 六入, 六境, 六塵, and 六處. They form the subjective aspect of the eighteen elements 十八界. (Skt. ṣaḍ indriyāṇi; ṣaḍ-indriya, cakṣur-ādîndriya, ṣaḍ-āyatana, ṣaḍ-aṅga, ṣaḍ āśrayāḥ; Pāli cha-indriyāni; Tib. dbang po drug, dbang po drug po) 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.346c2〕 ↓ろっこん [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Ui, Yokoi, YBh-Ind, Hirakawa, Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1145

    Bulgyo sajeon 677a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1323a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 851

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 286, 288

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 237a/263

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 543

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 8-P28, 13-P366

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1462c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1284

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0167

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)5056b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 474-2*1822-1

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 135

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    Entry created: 2001-12-25

    Updated: 2019-06-14