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無作

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Basic Meaning: uncreated

Senses:

  • Or, unconditioned, non-established, unconstructed; desireless; nonfunctioning, non-active; no activity. See 無作四諦 (Skt. akaraṇa, akarmaka, avijñapti; anabhisaṃskāra). [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi]
  • Not artificial or contrived, as in 無作三昧 (無願三昧 among the three kinds of mental focus 三三昧 or three methods of liberation 三解脫 akṛta, akṛtaka. Natural. 〔中論〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • Without effect (akārakatva). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • To differ in quality; dissimilar (vailakṣyaṇa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • The absence of a desiring mind. Disenchantment. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • The name of a Korean monk. [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. akāraka, akārya, akṛtrima, akriyāanabhisaṃskṛta, anārabdha, *apraṇihita, avikāra, avikṛta, nirīha, nirīhaka, nirnimittāmupâdāya, niśceṣṭa) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
  • Cf. Karashima (Lokakṣema Glossary): view / hide
      
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1035

    Bulgyo sajeon 227a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1204c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 782

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 204a/227

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 476

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1324a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5086

    Ding Fubao

    Kankoku bussho kaidai jiten 141

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0760

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4363c,4843c, (v.9-10)38c,797c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1698-2

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

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 523

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2023-10-28