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禪定尼

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Basic Meaning: meditating woman

Senses:

  • An abbreviation of 禪定門尼. A woman who practices seated meditation in the Chan/Seon/Zen tradition. When used as a term of address in Japan, this word is suffixed to a lay womanʼs posthumous dharma-name 法名. Cf. 大禪定尼. The equivalent title for men is 禪定門. 〔夢窗國師語錄、反故集 T 2555.80.465a21〕 [Stefan Grace; source(s): Ui, ZGDJT, Yokoi, Nakamura]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 648

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 691c

    Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 501

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 840

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 855d

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3006b,4644a

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    Entry created: 2023-09-13