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佛法

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Buddha-dharma

Senses:

  • The Buddhaʼs teaching(s). Traditionally, there are said to be eighty-four thousand types of doctrine. The term also refers to the principles underlying these teachings, the truth attained by the Buddha, its embodiment in his being—Buddhism (Skt. buddha-dharma, buddha-śāsana, tathāgata-dharma, tathāgata-śāsana, dharma, pravacana, buddhatva, buddhânuśāsti, śāsana, śāstuś śāsanedharmeṣu, sad-dharma; Tib. sangsrgyas kyi chos). [Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge, JEBD, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind, Yokoi]
  • The distinctive marks of a buddhaʼs personage (不共佛法) T 1579.30.575b1. [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 929

    Bulgyo sajeon 331a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1093a

    Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 705

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 23b/24

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 39

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1197d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2635

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0117

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4441a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1564-2

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

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    Entry created: 2002-04-06

    Updated: 2010-05-04