惡人

Readings

Pinyin: è rén

Wade-Giles: o-jen

Hangul: 악인

Korean MC: ak in

Korean MR: ak in

Katakana: アクニン

Hepburn: aku nin

ác nhân

evil person

• Evil people, usually non-Buddhists 外道. 〔梵網經菩薩戒本私記 HBJ 1.601a〕 (Skt. pāpa-sattva, kāpuruṣa, dundura, durjana, duṣṭa, badhaka-puruṣa). See 外道惡人 and 二乘惡人. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
• Also, a butcher (caṇḍāla) 旃陀羅. [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 21a

Fo Guang Dictionary, 4945

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0486

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)18b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 14-1

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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