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拈提

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: to raise a matter for question and analysis

Senses:

  • Usually refers to the raising of a passage from a famous ancient text by a Chan master for the purpose of instruction. The citation brought up for question in most commonly a passage from earlier classical gong'an 公案 literature. Same as 拈古. [Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD, Yokoi]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 849

    Bulgyo sajeon 593a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1004b

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 258, 259

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 212b/236

    Koga 370

    Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū) 463/448

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 496

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 18-P6

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1083a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3266

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4156a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1379-3

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2010-06-04