上根

Readings

Pinyin: shànggēn

Wade-Giles: shang-ken

Hangul: 상근

Korean MC: sanggeun

Korean MR: sanggŭn

Katakana: ジョウコン

Hepburn: jōkon

thượng căn

superior faculties

• A person of superior capacity; someone possessing superior religious faith and insight (Skt. tīkṣṇêndriya, śreṣṭha). See 利根. [resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 568

Bulgyo sajeon, 428a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 544c

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 423

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 145a/161

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 293

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 741c

Fo Guang Dictionary, 720

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0030

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 964-2

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