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頻婆果

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Basic Meaning: fruit of the bimba tree

Senses:

  • (Skt. bimba) Bimba is written 頻婆. When it ripens, it assumes a reddish color resembling a womanʼs lips. Also, lips of this color are listed as one of the eighty minor marks 八十種好 of a Buddhaʼs body. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 899

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1150c

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1267

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1504-2

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    Entry created: 2007-07-14