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色界

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Basic Meaning: form realm

Senses:

  • The second of the three realms 三界. Existence constituted of pure materiality, free from the afflictions of the desire realm 欲界. Although the desires have subsided, one still possesses a body. It is the locus of the four meditation heavens. Specifically speaking, in cosmological terms, these are the brahmalokas above the devalokas, comprising sixteen or seventeen or eighteen 'Heavens of Form'  色界十七天 (Skt. rūpa-dhātu; Tib. gzugs kyi khams). [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi, Stephen Hodge, JEBD]
  • Objects of vision—form elements. One of the eighteen factors of cognition 十八界. [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. rūpaloka, rūpâvacara; rūpa, rūpa-ja, rūpa-bhava, rūpâpta, rūpâyatana, rūpin; Tib. gzugs khams, gzugs) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
  • le monde de la forme [Paul Swanson]
  • correspondant aux quatre degrés de méditation [Paul Swanson]
  • CJKV-E
  • Cf. Karashima (Lokakṣema Glossary): view / hide
      
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 444

    Bulgyo sajeon 438a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 419d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 343

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 302, 337

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 279a/309

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 643

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 575a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2545

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1006

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1740a,1467b,1735a,2356a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 607-2-19*691-2

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

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 404

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2009-03-09