藪

Readings

Pinyin: sǒu

Wade-Giles: sou

Hangul: 수

Korean MC: su

Korean MR: su

Katakana: ソウ

Hepburn: sō

tẩu

a marsh

• A reserve, retreat, refuge, lair: transliteration s, su. 〔五分律 T 1421.22.21c12, 瑜伽論 T 1579.30.397b25〕 (Skt. prastha) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill,Hirakawa]
• A gathering place. In the Sutra on the Eight Kinds of Attentiveness of Great Persons 八大人覺經 this character is used in the sense of "gathering" as in "one's form is from the gathering of transgressions" 形爲罪藪.[resp. Jeffrey Kotyk]

Dictionary References:

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1030

Soothill, 472

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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