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機關木人

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: a puppet

Senses:

  • A wooden man; a wooden automaton; a marionette (Skt. *yantra). Cf. 木人. 〔道行般若經 T 224.8.466c10〕 "dārumayī strī vā puruṣo vā yantrayuktaḥ ( 'a wooden, automatic man or woman that can be moved by pulling strings' [cf. AsP.tr.II 258 = AsP.tr. 181])" [Seishi Karashima; source(s): Lokakṣema-AP, Hirakawa, FGD, M-W]
  • A manʼs body. The literal meaning is a marionette, but it means oneʼs body, because the human body is only an aggregation of the four elements 四大, there being no underlying substance. Interpreted as 傀儡. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, JEBD, Yokoi, JEBD, Ina-Z, Nakamura]
  • Cf. Karashima (Lokakṣema Glossary): view / hide
      
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 168

    Bulgyo sajeon 106a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 194d

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 190

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 174a/192

    Kattō gosen (Mujaku Dōchū) 1050/462

    Koga 79

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 373

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 213d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6253

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0670

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 237-3

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 236

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    Entry created: 2012-07-07

    Updated: 2018-08-16