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歸命

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: to take refuge

Senses:

  • I take refuge (in the Three Treasures, etc.). A translation of the Sanskrit namas, also transliterated as 南無. To devote oneʼs life (to the Buddha, etc.); to entrust oneʼs life; to obey the Buddhaʼs teaching. For an extensive definition of this term see Wonhyoʼs Commentary on the Awakening of Faith 起信論疏 T 1844.44.203b11. Also an abbreviation of 歸命頂禮. See also 歸命無量壽覺, 歸命三寶 (Skt. praṇāma, śaraṇa-gamana; namas-kāra, *śaraṇa; Tib. skyabs). [Charles Patton, Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Yokoi, Hirakawa, JEBD, Iwanami]
  • To surrender, submit, go along with, pay allegiance to. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 169

    Bulgyo sajeon 90a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 207d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 166

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 174a/193

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 376

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 215d

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0689

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)539b,3997b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 247-2

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

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2013-04-30