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Basic Meaning: retribution

Senses:

  • A result, recompense (Skt. phala; Tib. 'bras bu). The results, or effects of prior actions; the fruits of karma. The ripening 異熟 of karma. Retribution for good or evil deeds, implying that different conditions in this (or any) life are the variant ripenings, or fruit, of seed sown in previous life or lives. 〔法華經 T 262.9.56a8〕 (Skt. vipāka, vipāka-phala; nikāya, niṣyanda, phalatā, phala-vipāka, vipacyate, vipākaja, vipākâkhya, samādāna). [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Soothill, Hirakawa, Stephen Hodge, JEBD, Yokoi]
  • la rétribution-fruit [Paul Swanson]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 118

    Bulgyo sajeon 56a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 170a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 128

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 155a/172

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 316

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 150b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3323

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0648

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)766b, (v.9-10)300b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 335-1

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

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2016-08-04