無方

Readings

Pinyin: wúfāng

Wade-Giles: wu-fang

Hangul: 무방

Korean MC: mubang

Korean MR: mubang

Katakana: ムホウ

Hepburn: muhō

vô phương

no special place

• No place, nowhere (Skt. na kvacit, kuprayukta). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
• Without direction. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Without predisposition. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Without limit; without impediment. Unrestrictedly, limitlessly. Free, without hindrance; unlimited in terms of rule, place or method, i.e. Buddha's power. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Without anxiety or fuss. Easily. [resp. Charles Muller]
• To be beyond one's discriminating mind.[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]
• As a translation of adeśa, wrong place, or improper place.[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, M-W]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 1044

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1212a

Kattō gosen (Mujaku Dōchū), 902/81

Koga, 440

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 468

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1345d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 5076

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0754

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1714-2

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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