四藥
Readings
Pinyin: sìyào
Wade-Giles: ssu-yao
Hangul: 사약
Korean MC: sayak
Korean MR: sayak
Katakana: シヤク
Hepburn: shiyaku
four kinds of medicinal regimens
- A Vinaya classification of four kinds of nutritional regimens.
- Medicines taken during normal times 時藥 (also 時食) — that are consumed from dawn until midday. Refers to staple foods (bhojanīya, 正食) taken daily (flour, rice, dried rice, fish and meat) as well as other edibles (khādanīya, 不正食) such as stalks, leaves, flowers, fruits and finely ground foods. Liquids taken at specified times 時漿 include fruit juice, rice milk, milk and yogurt.
- Medicines taken at irregular times 非時藥 (also 非時食), otherwise called additional medicines 更藥 and fluids taken at irregular times 非時漿 that may be consumed for their medicinal qualities outside of the normal appointed time.
- Medicines for seven-day treatment 七日藥(butter 生酥, oils 油, honey 蜜 and toffee 石蜜), which must be consumed within seven days. The Sarvâstivāda-vinaya-saṃgraha 根本薩婆多部律攝 also states there are five types of people who may store 殘宿食 the seven day medicines without it being an offense: those traveling 行路人, those having fasted 斷食人, the ill 病人, those guarding the temple 守護寺人 and those doing labor 營作人.
- Medicines that may be used anytime during one's life, such as black pepper 胡椒 and so forth 盡形壽藥/盡壽藥.
[resp. Jeffrey Kotyk; source(s): Nakamura, FGD]
Dictionary References:
Nanshan Vinaya Dictionary, {digital version}
Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 423
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 533d
Fo Guang Dictionary, 1849
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 799-3
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