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邪命

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: wrong livelihood

Senses:

  • Non-Buddhist or improper ways of obtaining a living on the part of a monk, e.g., by doing work with his hands, by astrology, his wits, flattery, magic, etc. Begging, or seeking alms, was the orthodox way of obtaining a living (Skt. mithyâjīva, ājīva, ajīvika, mithyâjīva-kara, mithyâjīvin, viṣamâjīva; Pāli micchā-jīva). Transliterated as 阿耆毘伽. [邪命食] 〔五分律 T 1421.22.9b19, 成唯識論 T 1585.31.3c28〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa, JEBD, Yokoi]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 474

    Bulgyo sajeon 361a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 477a

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 92, 142

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 134b/147

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 273

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 1-P53

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 612d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3033

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1171

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2179b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 980-2

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

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2010-05-05