地餠

Readings

Pinyin: dìbǐng

Wade-Giles: ti-ping

Hangul: 지병

Korean MC: jibyeong

Korean MR: chibyŏng

Katakana: チビョウ

Hepburn: chibyō

earth cakes

• At the beginning of a kalpa, thin cakes that grow spontaneously on the surface of the earth. At the beginning of a kalpa, human beings are at first nourished mentally, and then gradually turn to physical food for their sustenance, first eating these cakes, and then eating vegetation 林藤 in the forests. Also written 地薄餠, 地皮餠, 地皮, 地味, and 地肥 (Skt. pṛthivī-parpaṭaka; Skt. parpaṭaka; Tib. sa'i sa zhag). 〔原人論 T 1886.45.709a22; 瑜伽論 T 1579.30.287c6〕 [resp. cmuller; source(s): Hirakawa, YBh-Ind, FGD, M-W]

Dictionary References:

Fo Guang Dictionary, 2317

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0292

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)3611c

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa), {Digital Version}

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

generated: 2014-02-10