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叢林

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: forest

Senses:

  • Or grove. In Buddhism, this term refers to a gathering of the saṃgha. The Sanskrit piṇḍavana is transliterated as 貧陀婆那 and also translated as 檀林 (Skt. vana, vana-khaṇḍa; grāma). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.282c27〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, JEBD, Yokoi, Iwanami]
  • A large temple or monastery 寺院—in East Asia, usually a Chan/Seon/Zen 禪宗 monastery. [Charles Muller]
  • A metaphor for transmigration 輪廻. 長阿含經 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • (Skt. uddāna, gulma, nikuñja, vanas-pate, vṛkṣa-gahana) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 668

    Bulgyo sajeon 860a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 757d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 519

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 383

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 308a/342

    Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū) 37-8/1

    Record of Linji: Rinzairoku (Yanagida) 135-5

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 733

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 11-P48, 19-P218

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 879a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6552

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0232

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑦51d

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3119a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1079-2

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

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2015-10-15