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Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: release

Senses:

  • To untie, escape, separate from, be freed from. Emancipation; liberation, especially from suffering; to be free of anxiety. Nirvāṇa (Skt. mukta, parimukta, vimocana, nirmokṣa). See jietuo 解脫. [Charles Muller]
  • To become thin. [Charles Muller]
  • To remove, take off, to shed. [Charles Muller]
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  • Cf. Karashima (Lokakṣema Glossary):
      (1) view / hide
      (2) view / hide
      
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 936c

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0979

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

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 486

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2008-02-26