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羯磨

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Basic Meaning: karman

Senses:

  • [katsuma kyarama] Transliteration of the Sanskrit (Pāli kamma), meaning deed, action, activity (業, 事); action, work. See 業 and 作 for definitions of karma as deeds or character as the cause of future conditions; also see 五蘊 for karma as the fourth aggregate (Skt. karmatā, karma-vācana, karma-vācanā, karmânta, saṃmati, saṃmuti). [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, JEBD, Hirakawa, Yokoi]
  • [konma] Proceedings, ritual or ceremony performed by an authoritative clerical group. In this sense, it is usually a technical term used by the Vinaya schools 律宗. Thus, performance, service 儀式, duty; religious action 作法, moral duty; especially a meeting of the monks for the purpose of ordination, or for the confession 懺悔 of sins and absolution, or for expulsion of the unrepentant. A ceremony in which one vows to observe the precepts. There are numerous kinds of karma, or assemblies for such business, ordinarily requiring the presence of four monks, but others five, ten, or twenty. See also 七羯磨. 〔四分律 T 1428.22.571a26〕 [Charles Muller]
  • A confessor. [H. Welch]
  • [katsuma] An abbreviation of the esoteric school technical term 羯磨金剛.

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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 143, 327, 177

    Bulgyo sajeon 13a

    The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue {digital}

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 276a, 369b

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 125, 296

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 166a/183, 178a/197

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 390

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 182a, 226a, 428a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6137

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0949

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ③543d*/③544c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)447b,1022c, (v.1-6)448c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 197-3, 82-2-27*506-1

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

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2021-07-19