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色塵

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Basic Meaning: form objects

Senses:

  • Visible material objects; the data-field of form (Skt. rūpa-artha). One of the four, five, or six kinds of objects/data-fields (四塵, 五塵, 六塵), those of vision, indicating such things as color, length, shape, etc. The logograph 塵, while meaning object, also implies defilement in Chinese. 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.594c29〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 444

    Bulgyo sajeon 439a

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 576c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2549

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1007

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1923a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 693-3

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2018-04-15