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大地

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: great ground

Senses:

  • Great bhūmi. The level of the bodhisattvas who are in darśana-mārga 見道 or above (Skt. mahā-pṛthivī, pṛthivī, vasuṃ-dharā, mahā-bhūmi, mahā-bhūmika; avani, dharaṇi, dharaṇī, dharaṇī-tala, pṛthivī-dhātu, bhū, bhūta-dhātrī, bhū-tala, bhūmi, mahī, mahī-tala, medinī, medinī-tala, vasu-dhā, vasu-mati). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
  • The tenth of the ten bodhisattva grounds 十地. [Charles Muller]
  • The basis upon which Buddhist practice is established. [Charles Muller]
  • The earth; the whole earth; everywhere, all the land, etc. (Tib. sa chen po). [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 702

    Bulgyo sajeon 162a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 805d

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 917d

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0320

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1149-1

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

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2009-08-11