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定慧

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Basic Meaning: meditation and wisdom

Senses:

  • Meditation 禪定 and wisdom 智慧, two of the six perfections; likened to two hands, the left meditation, the right wisdom (Skt. dhyāna-prajñā, samādhi-prajñā). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.444b14〕 One of the ten dichotomies 十對 taught in Tiantai. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 572, 572

    Bulgyo sajeon 785a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 528d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 418

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 289

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 403

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 5-P54, 9-P16, 9-P228

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 747a

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Kankoku bussho kaidai jiten 182

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0378

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 311

    Han'guk bulgyo inmyeong sajeon (Yi) 267

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1226-3

    Soothill 255

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    Entry created: 2002-06-18

    Updated: 2008-04-05