性種

Readings

Pinyin: xìngzhǒng

Wade-Giles: hsing-chung

Hangul: 성종

Korean MC: seongjong

Korean MR: sŏngjong

Katakana: ショウシュ

Hepburn: shōshu

original essence

• At the level of intrinsic nature, or potentiality (Skt. prakṛti-stha). [Innate] proclivity. Often written reversed as 種性. 〔大乘起信論義疏 T 1843.44.189a18〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 547

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 714a

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0476

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)2640a

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