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正語

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: correct speech

Senses:

  • Not lying, not rumoring, not slandering, not engaging in idle talk, not speaking in a way that causes problems between others. This is the third item in the eightfold path 八正道 (Skt. samyag-vāc, samyag-vadamāna, vāc, upapatti, hetu; Pāli sammā-vācā; Tib. yang dag pa'i ngag). [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
  • Vāṣpa. A bodhisattva introduced in the Sutra of Immeasurable Life. [Charles Muller]
  • 〔五分律 T 1421.22.104b27, 瑜伽論 T 1579.30.326c12〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 539

    Bulgyo sajeon 780a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 541c

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 683

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 699a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2003

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0687

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4214c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 770-3

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 193

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2007-12-22