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果

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: a result

Senses:

  • An effect (Skt. phala; Tib. 'bras bu). Literally, 'fruit,' ; thus, to bear fruit; a result; a necessary; conclusion. To come to fruition. Offspring; result, consequence, effect; reward, retribution; it contrasts with cause, i. e. 因果 cause and effect. The effect by causing a further effect becomes also a cause. The effects of an action or practice; the result aspect of karma (Skt. kārya). In Yogâcāra, effects are seen as having the two general tendencies of being different from their causes 異熟果 (Skt. vipāka) and maintaining sameness 等流. Phala is transliterated as 頗羅. [Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]
  • An attained state—a level of spiritual attainment that one has reached to as a result of a specific set of prior practices. Thus, enlightenment, awakening, liberation; the 'fruits' of stream-winner 須陀洹果, nonreturner 阿那含果, arhatship 阿羅漢果, Buddhahood 佛果, etc. See 四果. [Charles Muller]
  • One of the ten kinds of thusness taught in the Lotus Sutra. See 十如是. [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. artha, ācāma, kāryatva, kriyā, doṣa, dharma, niṣyanda, naimittika, prabhāvita, prasaṅga, phalatas, phalatā, phala-tvac, phala-bhūta, phala-mārga, phala-saṃbhava, phalârtha, badara, maṇḍa, modaka, vadara, samudāgama, saṃpad, sasya, hetumat) [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 117

    Bulgyo sajeon 55a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 133b

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 100

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 154a/171

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 149a, 1113a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3320

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0647

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)740a,176a,573b,621a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 318-3

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

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2007-12-16