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禪定

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: meditative concentration

Senses:

  • The mind in silent meditation or introspection. A general term for meditative concentration practices, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist (Skt. dhyāna, jana, śamatha, samādhi). This word is a combination of two characters where the first is used for transliteration, and the second is used for its meaning. [Charles Muller]
  • The fifth of the six perfections (Skt. śamatha, dhyāna, samādhi, jana; dhyāna-pārami, dhyāna-vāri, dhyāyin, pratisaṃlayana, samāpatti, samāhita; Pāli samādhi, jhāna). [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 674, 647

    Bulgyo sajeon 457a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 691a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 501

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 434

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 336b/373

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 840

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 855b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6463

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0898

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 379

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)527c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1064-3

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2007-07-29