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有法

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: existent phenomena

Senses:

  • A thing that exists, unlike 'the horns of a hare,' which are inexistent 無法 (bhāva). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD]
  • In Buddhist logic 因明, the dharmin, the substrate or locus in which the property (dharma) identified in the sādhya (the property-to-be-proven) resides. Wayman translates as 'factual base' and 'feature base.' See 能立. [Charles Muller]
  • According with the Dharma (Skt. anudhārmika; Tib. chos dang mthun pa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]
  • (Skt. vidyamāna-dharma, artha, asti, eka-svābhāvika, kārya, dharma, dharmya, bhāvaka, yat kiṃcid asti, vidyamāna,sat, sva-bhāva; Tib. chos can, chos yod pa, srid pa'i chos, yod pa'i dngos po) 〔起信論 T 1666.32.575b18〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 63

    Bulgyo sajeon 668a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 323b/360

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 87b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2433

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0625

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)231b,2989b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 118-1

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

    Soothill 214

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    Entry created: 2002-05-10

    Updated: 2011-01-11