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Basic Meaning: liberation

Senses:

  • The basic Chinese meaning is to unravel, untie, etc., therefore it is used as a translation of the Sanskrit mokṣa, parimocana—to be liberated; to be awakened, awakening; understanding, knowledge; dissolving doubt. etc. But in translations from Indian texts, depending on the tradition, it often denotes the other senses given below. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • Understanding, awakening. In the form of 解性 it refers to the innate potential for enlightenment, bearing some similarities (but not completely identical) with the notion of original enlightenment 本覺 (Skt. prajñā; Tib. shes rab). [Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]
  • Inclination [for]; propensity; confidence [in] (Skt. adhimukti, adhimokṣa,adhimukta, adhimuktikatā, adhimuktitā, adhimucya, adhimoktṛ). [Charles Muller]
  • To make clear (Skt. prati-vi-nud*; Tib. sel ba); to explain; distinguish; explanation, interpretation (Skt. vijānati; Tib. rnam par shes pa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]
  • (Skt. vimokṣa, avabodha, nirdeśa; adhigama, adhyavasāya, anugata, anubodha, abhisamaya, avakalpayati, avagama, avatārayati, avatīrṇa, avabodhi, ājñā, ājñāna, ājñeya, ārādhita, āśaya, udghāṭayati, unmukta, upagata, upalakṣaṇa, kalpa, kila, kovida, gati, gamya, cheda, jñatā, jñapti, jñātavya, jñānin, darśin, nirata, nirmocana, niveśayati, paṇḍita, pratipādayati, prativinodana, pratisaṃvid, pratīyeta, pratyabhijñāna, pratyavagama, prabheda, pramocaka, pramocayati, pravibhāga, buddha, buddhi, boddhum, boddhṛ, bodhana, bodhi, manyanā, mukta, mokṣaṇa, mocaka, vijānaka, vijña, vijñāta, vijñāna, vidyā, vidhi-jña, viniścita, vinoda, vinodana, vibhajanatā, vibhajya, vibhāvana, vimukta, veditā, vedīn, vyākhyā, vyutpatti, vyutpanna, śikṣita, svâjñā) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 73, 166

    Koga 100

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 14-P105

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 307d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5599

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1067

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)833c,854c, (v.9-10)182b

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

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2009-06-09