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六處

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Basic Meaning: six internal sense bases

Senses:

  • (Skt. ṣaḍ-āyatana; Tib. skye mched drug). The six loci of perception or sensation; they are the 六根 or six organs of sense, which constitute the fifth of twelve links of dependent arising. The term is also used for the six sense fields 六入 and the six objects 六境; see also 六塵. [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind]
  • In Yogâcāra, it can specifically refer to the seeds of names and words that produce the six bodily organs. [Charles Muller]
  • The lesser vehicle interpretation explains this as the stage of the fetus developing six organs and emerging from the womb. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.282b16, 成唯識論 T 1585.31.19b24〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1137

    Bulgyo sajeon 690a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1318a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 847

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 240a/266

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1455b

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0167

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2322c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1826-3

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 137

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2007-09-17