趣

Readings

Pinyin: qù

Wade-Giles: ts'u

Hangul: 취

Korean MC: chwi

Korean MR: ch'wi

Katakana: シュ

Hepburn: shu

thú

destination

• Destiny; mode of existence (especially on rebirth); the realm of one's next rebirth, i.e.—in one of the five or six destinies 五趣/六趣. (Skt. gati; Tib. 'gro ba) [resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura,　S.　Hodge, Yokoi,　Iwanami]
• Often refers to a negative rebirth, a rebirth in one of the evil modes of existence 惡趣/惡道.[resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura]
• A path, way, course. [道] 〔華嚴經〕[resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura]
• To advance quickly, to hasten to. [趨] 〔西域記〕[resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura]
• The theme; where the text is going; the point, gist. [resp. cmuller]
• A final relief (Skt. parāyana; Tib. dpung gnyen). [resp. cmuller; source(s): S.　Hodge]
• Bias, tendency. [resp. cmuller]
• (Skt. gamana, avakrānta, avakrāntaka, avagāhyate, avatāra, upagama, upagamana, kramaṇa, gaṇḍaka, gata, gatika, gāmin, nâmayati, parâyaṇa, puraḥ-sarin, pratipad, pratipanna, pratipannaka, pratipādana, paryāṇa, pravrajita, prasthita, viṣaya, saṃśrita, saṃcāra, samadhigama, atiya), saṃprasthita, saṃprāpaka, saṃpreṣayati) [resp. cmuller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 489

Bulgyo sajeon, 867a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 478c

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 388

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 703

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 635b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 6184

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1120

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)2294a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 817-1

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

generated: 2012-12-07