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分段身

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Basic Meaning: limited body

Senses:

  • The body of the unenlightened person, subject to suffering, that is limited with different sizes, shapes, or life-spans as the retribution 果報 of oneʼs previous karma as based on contaminated 有漏 activities. Alternative rendering of 分段生死 (Skt. saṃsāra). Cf. 變易身. 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.45b8〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 934

    Bulgyo sajeon 325a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1104b

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 23a/24

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 37

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 13-P433

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1202d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1320

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1568-2

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    Entry created: 2002-01-07

    Updated: 2011-11-02