念念

Readings

Pinyin: niàn niàn

Wade-Giles: nien-nien

Hangul: 염념

Korean MC: yeomnyeom

Korean MR: yŏmnyŏm

Katakana: ネンネン

Hepburn: nennen

niệm niệm

every thought-moment

• Successive thought-moments; every moment 刹那刹那, 一瞬一瞬; every thought; continuous thought (Skt. pratikṣaṇam, pratikṣaṇa, kṣaṇa, citta-kṣana).〔起信論 T 1666.32.576b3〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
• A kṣaṇa of a kṣaṇa, a kṣaṇa is the ninetieth part of the duration of a thought. (Skt. *kṣaṇa-kṣaṇam, citta-kṣaṇa, praticitta-kṣaṇam) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 847

Bulgyo sajeon, 589a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1004d

Record of Linji: Rinzairoku (Yanagida), 73-4

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1080c

Fo Guang Dictionary, 3214

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0469

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1380-2

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

generated: 2013-10-20