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失念

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: forgetfulness

Senses:

  • In the everyday sense, to lose self-control, such as when one is inebriated. (smṛti-nāśa) [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura]
  • Loss of focus. One of the twenty derivative afflictions 隨煩惱 in Yogâcāra, and among these twenty, one of the eight that is directly associated with the manas 末那識. A state of distraction and loss of ability to hold to the object of perception, especially in the case of śamatha 奢摩他 meditation. A mistaken or impaired memory. It is considered to be a derivative of folly, not having its own seeds (Skt. muṣita-smṛti, smṛti-lopa, pramuṣitayā-smṛtyā, smṛti-saṃpramoṣa; bhraṣṭa-smṛtika, muṣita-smṛtitā, muṣitā smṛtiḥ, smṛti-pramoṣa, smṛti-vaikalya; Tib. brjed ngas pa). 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.33b4〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, YBh-Ind, Hirakawa, Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 457

    Bulgyo sajeon 517a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 366

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 589a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1880

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0337

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1953b,3430c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 747-2

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 184

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2020-04-24