亂

Readings

Pinyin: luàn

Wade-Giles: luan

Hangul: 란

Korean MC: ran

Korean MR: ran

Katakana: ラン

Hepburn: ran

loạn

confused

• Distracted, disturbed, agitated; disorder, disturbance, agitation; disarray. In Buddhist texts it usually refers to a negative mental state, rather than a social or societal condition as seen in secular classical Chinese literature. Thus, a scattered mind. The opposite of concentration 定. (Skt. vikṣepa-citta, vikṣipta, vikṣepa, bhrānti, vikṣipta-citta, vikṣepaka, ākula, asamañjasa, kupita, kṣipta, kṣubdha, khedita, granthi-mocaka, calana, prakopa, bhrānta, mūḍha, mūrcchana, mūrchā, lubdha, vañcayati, vikopa, vibhrama, vibhrānta, virolita, visaraṇa, visāra, viheṭhanā, vyatyasta, vyākula, vyākulīkṛta, saṃlulita, saṃkṣobha, sāṃkarya, sāṃkārya) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1407a

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0079

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

generated: 2013-07-04