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無義語

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: pointless words

Senses:

  • 無義 also means 'without purpose,' 'useless,' 'pointless' (Skt. anartha). That Buddhaʼs speech is not 無義語 means all his speech is purposeful, has a purpose, a reason. [Dan Lusthaus; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa,Yokoi]
  • Words without meaning. Flowery words or speech. (Skt. saṃbhinna-pralāpa, saṃbhinna-pralāpin, pralāpa) 〔善見律毘婆沙 T 1462.24.696b18〕 (Skt.) [Thomas Newhall; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa,Yokoi]
  • Mugi-no-go A meaningless word. cf. Eihei-shingi Shuryo-shingi. [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]
  • As with meaningful or truthful language 義 and their benefits 義利 (meaningfulness), words without benefit 無益 are called meaningless words 無義語. The Jin dynasty translation of the Avataṃsaka-sūtra 晉華嚴經 says： "The uttering of meaningless words is a transgression that makes living beings fall into the three evil destinies 三惡道. If they are then born as a human, there are two types of retribution 果報: one, what is said by that person will not be trusted, or two, what is said by that person cannot serve to clarify 不能明了. " 〔華嚴經 T 278.9.549a3; 永平淸規; 衆寮淸規；維摩經; 往生要集; 方便心論〕 [Thomas Newhall; source(s): DFB]
  • One of the categories of loss 敗北 in formal debate 論爭. [Thomas Newhall; source(s): Nakamura]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Nanshan Vinaya Dictionary {digital version}

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1033

    Bulgyo sajeon 108a15

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1202c

    Kattō gosen (Mujaku Dōchū) 1021/384

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 468

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1318d

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0781

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)509c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1694-1

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    Entry created: 2013-02-27

    Updated: 2015-08-03