乾慧

Readings

Pinyin: gān(dry)qián(heaven)huì

Wade-Giles: kan/ch'ien-hui

Hangul: 건혜

Korean MC: geonhye

Korean MR: kŏnhye

Katakana: カンエ

Katakana: ケンネ

Hepburn: kane

Hepburn: kenne

dry wisdom

• Philosophical speculation; reasoning. Inquiry that has not yet "gotten wet," — not matured in its realization of the principle. This is the name of the first of the ten bodhisattva grounds 乾慧地. (Skt. tarka; śukla-vidarśanā) 〔四教儀 T 1931.46.777c10〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Nakamura, M-W]

Dictionary References:

Zengaku zokugokai (Genkyō Zenji), 54/210

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 6-P181

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 187b, 325c

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0079

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