兩頭

Readings

Pinyin: liǎngtóu

Wade-Giles: liang-t'ou

Hangul: 양두

Korean MC: yangdu

Korean MR: yangdu

Katakana: リョウトウ

Hepburn: ryōtō

lưỡng đầu

two heads

• Two extremes, two directions. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
• Dualities, such as existence/nonexistence 有無, delusion/enlightenment 迷悟, gain/loss 得失, etc. A dualistic view or approach. 〔祖堂集, 碧巖錄〕[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
• A two-headed snake; the person who sees one of these is doomed to die soon. [resp. Charles Muller]
• In the Sutra of Brahmā's Net, treachery, equivocation, the equivalent of 兩舌. 〔梵網經 T 1484.24.1006b7〕[resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1288b

Koga, 475

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1426d

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

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