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變相

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: to mark of transformation

Senses:

  • (Skt. vipariṇata, vikṛta) Changing characteristics. 〔十問和諍論 HBJ 1.839〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
  • A term for paintings and other images that depict the characteristics of the pure lands, hells, deva-realms, maṇḍalas, and so forth. The Fo Guang Dictionary has a long explanation of this. Also written 變相圖. [Charles Muller; source(s): FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 942

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 716

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 103

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 5-P31

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1215d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6917

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1102

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4534c, (v.9-10)857c,936b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1572-1

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    Entry created: 2007-03-25

    Updated: 2009-06-27