濁

Readings

Pinyin: zhuó

Wade-Giles: cho

Hangul: 탁

Korean MC: tak

Korean MR: tak

Katakana: ジョク

Hepburn: joku

trọc

muddy

• Turbid, impure, unclear; sediment, impurity (Skt. kaṣāya; Tib. snyigs ma). Dirt, pollution, filth, defilement = 汚. Soiled, stained, dirty. Opposite of 淸. An interpretation of kaṣāya, especially in reference to the 五濁 five stages of a world's existence. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Nakamura, s.hodge]
• Stupid, corrupt. [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 762b, 936a

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0746

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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