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律師

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Basic Meaning: preceptor

Senses:

  • Master and teacher of the rules of the discipline. A monk well-versed in the precepts (Skt. vinaya-dhara); or a monk or nun known for their strict observance of the precepts. Distinguished from monks who are known for other specialties, such sutra master 經師, treatise master 論師, meditation master 禪師, etc. 〔摩訶僧祇律〕 〔五分律〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa, Iwanami]
  • The third of the three ranks of controllers of the clergy; see 僧綱 and 僧位. [Charles Muller]
  • One of the five kinds of masters 五師. [Charles Muller]
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    Bulgyo sajeon 694a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1267d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 827

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 178

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 6-P132

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1420a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3800

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4969a,3739a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1788-3*1858-2-2

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 301

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2019-04-27