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十八空

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: eighteen views of emptiness

Senses:

  • As taught in the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra (摩訶般若波羅蜜經 T 223):
    1. emptiness of the internal 內空 (Skt. adhyātma-śūnyatā; Tib. stong nyid bco brgyad)
    2. emptiness of the external 外空 (Skt. bahirdhā-śūnyatā)
    3. emptiness of both internal and external 內外空 (Skt. adhyātma-bahirdhā-śūnyatā)
    4. emptiness of emptiness 空空 (Skt. śūnyatā-śūnyatā)
    5. emptiness of the great 大空 (Skt. mahā-śūnyatā)
    6. emptiness of the ultimate 第一義空 (Skt. paramârtha-śūnyatā)
    7. emptiness of the conditioned 有爲空 (Skt. saṃskṛta-śūnyatā)
    8. emptiness of the unconditioned 無爲空 (Skt. asaṃskṛta-śūnyatā)
    9. emptiness of the final 畢竟空 (Skt. atyanta-śūnyatā)
    10. emptiness of beginning 無始空 (Skt. anavarâgra-śūnyatā)
    11. emptiness of dispersion 散空 (Skt. anavakāra-śūnyatā)
    12. emptiness of nature 性空 (Skt. prakṛti-śūnyatā)
    13. emptiness of self-marks 自相空 (Skt. svalakṣaṇa-śūnyatā)
    14. emptiness of all dharmas, 諸法空 (Skt. sarva-dharma-śūnyatā)
    15. emptiness of nonattainability 不可得空 (Skt. anupalambha-śūnyatā)
    16. emptiness of nonexistence 無法空 (Skt. abhāva-śūnyatā)
    17. emptiness of existence 有法空 (Skt. svabhāva-śūnyatā)
    18. emptiness of existence and nonexistence 無法有法空 (Skt. abhāva-svabhāva-śūnyatā) (also written 無性自性空
    〔大智度論 T 1509.25.96c15〕 (Skt. *aṣṭādaśa-śunyatā) (Skt. aṣṭādaśa-śūnyatā) [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui,Nakamura,Hirakawa,JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 512

    Bulgyo sajeon 543a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 492d

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 148a/164

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 659b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 353

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0216

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2356b,636c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 278-1*940-3

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2024-01-17