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正道

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: correct path

Senses:

  • Correct way; correct practice(s) (Skt. san-mārga, sat-patha; bodhi; nyāya, mārga, *samyak-pratipatti, samyag-gata, *samyag-mārga). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
  • True enlightenment. [Charles Muller]
  • An abbreviation for eightfold correct path 八正道. [Charles Muller]
  • Original path; original way; authentic way. [Charles Muller]
  • To meditate on emptiness. [Charles Muller]
  • The right principle, such as that of the connection between cause and effect. [Charles Muller]
  • In the Vinaya texts, this term can be used to refer to 'standard' sexual mechanics, in terms of usage of organs and orifices. 〔梵網經菩薩戒本私記 HBJ 1.598b〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 541

    Bulgyo sajeon 776a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 572b

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 703a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2002

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0687

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 333

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2703b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 785-1

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2013-10-04