九想

Readings

Pinyin: jiǔxiǎng

Wade-Giles: chiu-hsiang

Hangul: 구상

Korean MC: gusang

Korean MR: kusang

Katakana: クソウ

Hepburn: kusō

cửu tưởng

nine kinds of meditation (on a corpse to quell desire)

• Also 九想觀 and 九相 navasaṃjñā. Meditation on a corpse in order to curb desire; one of the meditations on the unclean:
  1. 脹想 (脹相) vyādhmātakasaṃjñā, its tumefaction;
  2. 靑瘀想 (靑瘀相, 靑相, 靑想) vinilakasaṃjñā, its blue, mottled color;
  3. 壞想 (壞相) vipadumakasaṃjñā, its decay;
  4. 血塗想 (血塗相) vilohitakasaṃjñā, its mess of blood, etc.;
  5. 膿爛想 (膿爛相) vipūyakasaṃjñā, its discharges and rotten flesh;
  6. 噉想 (噉相) vidagdhakasaṃjñā, its being devoured by birds and beasts;
  7. 散想 (散相) vikṣiptakasaṃjñā, its dismembering;
  8. 骨想 (骨相) asthisaṃjñā, its bones;
  9. 燒想 (燒相) vidagdhakasaṃjñā, their being burnt and returning to dust.
  (Skt. navâpriya-saṃjñā, *nava-samjñā; Tib. mi sdug pa'i 'du shes dgu) 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.3a6, 瑜伽論 T 1579.30.856b19〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind, JEBD]
• les Neuf Notions d'horreurs[resp. Paul Swanson]
• méditer les neuf notions:
  1. notion du cadavre enflé (vyādhmātakasaṃjñā);
  2. notion du cadavre déchiré (vidhūtakasaṃjñā);
  3. notion du cadavre saignant (vilohitakasaṃjñā);
  4. notion du cadavre putréfié (vipūyakasaṃjñā);
  5. notion du cadavre bleuissant (vinīlakasaṃjñā);
  6. notion du cadavre dévoré (vikhādikasaṃjñā);
  7. notion du cadavre dispersé (vikṣiptakasaṃjñā);
  8. notion du cadavre réduit à l'état d'os (asthisaṃjñā);
  9. notion du cadavre brûlé (vidagdhakasaṃjñā).
  [resp. Paul Swanson]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 198

Bulgyo sajeon, 77a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 248d

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 188a/210

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 255d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 150

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0078

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)678b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 291-1

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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