空界

Readings

Pinyin: kōngjiè

Wade-Giles: k'ung-chieh

Hangul: 공계

Korean MC: gonggye

Korean MR: konggye

Katakana: クウカイ

Hepburn: kūkai

không giới

space

• The realm of space (Skt. ākāśa-dhātu; Tib. nam mkha'i khams). One of the six realms 六界, earth, water, fire, wind, space, knowledge. The 空界色 is the visible realm of space, the sky, beyond which is real space. (Skt. vihāyas, ākāśa, antar-īkṣa, kha-dhātu; Tib. nam mkha') [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Nakamura, Stephen Hodge, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
• Limitless space; the universe. [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 214

Bulgyo sajeon, 51a

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) , 215280280b

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) , 908

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) , (v.1-6)5070a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) , 279-2

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

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) , 280b

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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