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Readings

Pinyin: gài

Wade-Giles: kai

Hangul: 개

Korean MC: gae

Korean MR: kae

Katakana: カイ

Hepburn: kai

cái

to cover

• For example, (negatively) "our view was covered (obscured, obstructed) by the trees." Also (positively) to cover a wide range or area, like an umbrella. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi, Iwanami]
• Obscurations (Skt. nivāraṇa, nivaraṇa; Tib. sgrib pa). To obscure the function of wisdom. Anything that screens, hides, or hinders. The afflictions which delude the real mind so that it does not develop. [遮, 覆][resp. Charles Muller, S. Hodge]
• A cover(ing). A hat, or umbrella, or any cover. The canopy over a Buddha. Umbrella. (chattra, chatra)[resp. Charles Muller]
• Maybe, probably, possibly. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Esp. at the beginning of a phrase, now, why, why not, what do you think about...; however 夫. Often used interchangeably with 盖 and 盍. [resp. Charles Muller]
• To build, erect. [建造][resp. Charles Muller]
• To affix a stamp or seal. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Exceed, go beyond, transcend. [超過, 勝過][resp. Charles Muller]
• (Skt. ātapatra, āvaraṇa, upadhāna, chādayati, nicaya, paṭala, pattra, praticchādayati, maṇḍa-pa, vitāna, vihita, saṃstaraka, saṃpraticchādana; Pāli chatta) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 136

Bulgyo sajeon, 18a

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 100

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 67a/74

Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū), 762/768

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 140

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 173c

Fo Guang Dictionary, 5910

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1023

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 221-1

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

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