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第一義諦

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: ultimate truth

Senses:

  • Supreme truth; cardinal truth. The truth of the first principle. One of the two aspects of truth, the other being the secular truth or relative, worldly truth 俗諦 (世俗諦). This paramount truth is a synonym for nirvana 涅槃, tathatā 眞如, the middle path 中道, dharmadhātu 法界, and śūnyatā 空. See 勝義諦; also written as 眞諦 and 第一義 (Skt. paramârtha-satya, parama, paramârtha-lakṣaṇa, paramârtha; Pāli paramattha-sacca). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa, JEBD, Yokoi, Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 710

    Bulgyo sajeon 790a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 792a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 529

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 39, 263

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 38b/41

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 74

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 320

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 931d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4760

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0916

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑦510a/⑬35b*

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2072a,2565b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1124-2

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2011-02-17