Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

DDB Top Page 
 
 
  XML source

定力

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: power of meditation

Senses:

  • Power of concentration. The power of meditative concentration; the ability to overcome all disturbing thoughts, the fourth of the five bāla 五力; described also as 攝心 powers of mind-control (Skt. dhyāna-bala, samādhi, samādhi-prabhāva, samādhi-bala; Tib. ting nge 'dzin gyi stobs). 〔佛性論 1610.31.798a14〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, YBh-Ind, Soothill, Hirakawa, Yokoi, Iwanami]
  • An abbreviation for 靜慮解脫智力, one of the ten powers 十力. 〔梵網經古迹記 HBJ 3.436c13; T 1815.40.697b25〕 [Charles Muller]
  • Search SAT
  • Search INBUDS Database

    • Feedback

    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 574

    Bulgyo sajeon 776a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 591b

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 447

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 294

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 749c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3175

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0376

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1386c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1226-2

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

    Copyright provisions

    The rights to textual segments (nodes) of the DDB are owned by the author indicated in the brackets next to each segment. For rights regarding the compilation as a whole, please contact Charles Muller. Please do not reproduce without permission. And please do not copy into Wikipedia without proper citation!

    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2011-03-16