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異

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: to differ

Senses:

  • To be different, unlike; to become otherwise. Another, a different one. To differentiate, to distinguish. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • Non-Buddhist, strange. [Charles Muller]
  • Unusual, rare, inconceivable; excellent, marvelous. [Charles Muller]
  • To change; changing. One of the four marks of existence 四相. [Charles Muller]
  • An abbreviation for 異生—unenlightened sentient beings. [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. anyathā-bhāva; jarā, anya, anyathā, nānātva, pṛthak, viśeṣa; atadbhāva, antara, anyatā, anyatra, anyatva, anyathātva, anyathātvatā, anyathī-bhūta, anya-bhūmika, anyonya, apara, arthântara, arthântara-bhūta, itara, itarathā, jarā, nānā, nānā-karaṇa, nānā-bhāva, nānârtha, para, paratra, paratva, pariccheda, pariṇāma, parihāra, paryāya, pṛthaktva, pṛthak-pṛthag-bhāva, pṛthag-bhūta, bhinna, bhinnaka, bhinna-jātīya, bheda, vikāra, vikāritva, vikṛti, vinibhāga-gata, vinirmukta, viparīta, viparyaya, viparyayeṇa, vipāka, vilakṣaṇa, viśiṣṭa, visaṃyoga, visadṛśa, visabhāga, vaidharmya, vyatirikta, vyatireka, saṃcāra) [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 355

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 269

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 35a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5152

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0848

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 736-2-24

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

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 581

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2008-02-12