便
Readings
Pinyin: biàn
Wade-Giles: pien
Hangul: 편
Korean MC: pyeon
Korean MR: p'yŏn
Katakana: ベン
Hepburn: ben
tiện
directly
- Immediately, readily, promptly; easily, comfortably. [resp. Charles Muller]
- An occasion; an opportunity (Skt. avatāra, avatāra-prekṣin) [resp. Seishi Karashima; source(s): Nakamura]
- Very suitable, ideal, will do, advantageous. [resp. Charles Muller]
- In this way; manifestly, truly (Skt. addhā). [resp. Charles Muller]
- Moreover, certainly. (Skt. atha, yad idam). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
- Tidings of the perfect Buddha-realm. [resp. Charles Muller]
- A teaching of skillful means 方便. [resp. Charles Muller]
- Rely on, have recourse to. [resp. Charles Muller]
- Feces, excrement; urine (Skt. uccāra, prasrāva). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
- (Skt. bhṛśam; anupūrvena, idāni, ekata eva, cariṣṇutā, tasya tatra, tāvat, dāni, parākrama-kāla, prarūpaṇa, saṃprati, sāṃpratam). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
Dictionary References:
Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 640a, 1113b
A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 159
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1216b
Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0133
Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)
Lokakṣema's Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima), 41
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