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Pinyin: jiǎnzé

Wade-Giles: chien-tse

Hangul: 간택

Korean MC: gantaek

Korean MR: kant'aek

Katakana: ケンチャク

Hepburn: kenchaku

giản trạch

to select

• To choose, distinguish. Especially to distinguish between the correct and the mistaken. To draw conclusions; to make a determination. 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.291c06〕 (Skt. pravicaya, pratisaṃkhyā, parîkṣ (√īkṣ); upanidhyāna, nidhyāna, parîkṣaṇa, parīkṣā, parīkṣita, pra-√jñā, manasi-√kṛ, vicaya, vicārayati, vi-√ci, vi-√cint, vitakṣita, viniścaya, vibhāga, vibhāvita, vedha, saṃ-√hṛ; Tib. rnam par 'byed pa)[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Stephen Hodge, Hirakawa]
• Careful consideration, detailed reflection upon; to research, study, investigate, check into. (Skt. pratisaṃkhyāna, vicinoti, Tib. brtag pa; Tib. so sor rtog pa) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 246

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 240

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 191c→けんちゃく, 331a

Fo Guang Dictionary, 6587

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0923

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

generated: 2014-01-19