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寂靜

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: quiescence

Senses:

  • Tranquility, stillness. A synonym for enlightenment, or nirvana (Skt. śānti, śama; nirābhāsa, nirodha, nirvāṇa, nirvâṇamupalabhate, nirvṛta, nirvṛti; Pāli santi, sama). The Sanskrit śama is transliterated as 舍摩. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi, Stephen Hodge, YBh-Ind, Hirakawa, Iwanami]
  • Mental equipoise; stabilizing meditation, or calm abiding. The Sanskrit śamatha is translated as 止 and 定 and is transliterated as 奢摩他. [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind, Hirakawa]
  • The Yogâcārabhūmi discusses four kinds of tranquilization 四種寂靜. [Charles Muller]
  • Solitary existence, living apart from society, without social interaction. (vivikta, viveka) [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • (Skt. saumyatā, śānta,praśama, alam, asaṃsarga, āraṇyaka, āśvāsa, uparati, upaśamana, upaśānta, upaśānti, nairvānī, naiḥsvâbhāvya, parinirvṛta, *praviveka, praśānta, praśānta-vihārin, praśānti, prasrabdha, prasrabdhi, brahman, muni, mauna, yoga-kṣema, vāntī-bhūta, vijana, viprasanna, viśuddha, vyavakṛṣṭa, vyavadāna-satya-dvaya, vyupaśama, vyupaśānta, vyupasama, śama-buddhi, śamayati, śāntatva, śānta-dharmatā, śānti-karī, śāstṛ, śiva, samāhita, samāhitatva, sānta, suviśuddha; Tib. zhi ba; zhi bar byed pa) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 480

    Bulgyo sajeon 767a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 469d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 381

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 134a/147

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 272

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 618a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4507

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0383

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 290

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)1070b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 977-3

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

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2011-04-26