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Readings

Pinyin: móchù

Wade-Giles: mo-ch'u

Hangul: 마촉

Korean MC: machok

Korean MR: mach'ok

Katakana: マソク

Hepburn: masoku

to touch a man's body anywhere below the level of his armpit

• Buddhist nuns are prohibited from doing this. (Skt. āmarśa, āmoṣaṇa, āmoṣaṇa-parāmoṣaṇa, saṃparimārjayati, sparśana-sparśa; Tib. kun tu nom zhing yongs su nom pa, reg par bya ba'i reg pa) 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.591c1〕 [resp. cmuller; ref. Hirakawa, YBh-Ind, DFB, Nakamura, M-W]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 1001

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1279a

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0562

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1656-1

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

generated: 2012-12-29