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Basic Meaning: great seeds

Senses:

  • The four great elements 四大, which enter into all things, i.e. earth, water, fire, and wind, from which, as from seed, all things spring. Cf. 能造所造 (Skt. mahā-bhūta, dhātu, catvāri...mahā-bhūtāni, bhūtâkāra, bhūta Tib. 'byung ba chen po). 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.10c14〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Stephen Hodge, Soothill, Hirakawa]
  • In the Kośa 倶舍 these four are named as such by virtue of their having the qualities of hardness 堅, dampness 濕, heat 煖, and motion 動, and thus the scope of their essence and function is 'great,' serving as the basis for the material dharmas 色法. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui]
  • In Yogâcāra 唯識, these four are the agents of creation 能造, with the form dharmas being the created 所造. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 695

    Bulgyo sajeon 162a

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 919b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 878

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0330

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1139-1

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 93

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2010-01-02