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斾 [py] bi3 [wg] pi [ko] pi [ja] 僸 hi ||| (1) To compare, contrast; comparison. (2) A part, segment, ratio, percentage. Partial. (3) For example... An example; a figure of speech. (4) Be included in; the same type. (5) To draw (become) close to. (6) A period of time. (7) Contest, match. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

斾媢 [py] bi3qiu1 [wg] pi-ch'iu [ko] pigu [ja] 價僋 biku ||| A transcription of the Pali bhikkhu and Sanskrit bhik.su, which means "one who begs for food." The term was originally used in India to refer to the fourth stage of the brahmanistic life, wherein the householder would renounce the world, become a beggar and seek enlightenment. In Buddhism, it came to refer to a Buddhist (male) monk; a practitioner who has renounced the secular world and received the precepts. Roughly equivalent to the term `srama.na 嵐栧. In his commentary to the Diamond Sutra, Zongmi gives three definitions of the term bhik.su: (1) bumo 晐杺 "menacer of demons," (2) qishi 岊巑 "begging knight" and (3) jingjie 熌夲 "pure in the precepts." [Credit] acm(entry) cp(add) cw(py)

斾塨嶳 [py] Bi3rui4shan1 [wg] Pi-jui-shan [ko] Piyesan [ja] 僸僄僀僓儞 Hieizan ||| Hieizan . A temple-mountain located in Shiga prefecture in Japan, near Kyoto. One of the oldest Buddhist centers in Japan, with a long history of eminent teachers who held great influence over Japanese Buddhism, especially during the Heian and Kamakura periods. It is the headquarters of the Japanese Tendai school 揤戜廆. [Dictionary References] je115b [Credit] acm(entry)

斾抦 [py] bi3zhi1 [wg] pi-chih [ko] pichi [ja] 僸僠 hichi ||| Inference, deduction. (anumaana). Same as 斾検. [Dictionary References] naka1120b [Credit] acm(entry)

斾検 [py] bi3liang2 [wg] pi-liang [ko] piryang [ja] 僸儕儑僂 hiryou ||| (1) Reasoning, inference, deduction, presumption; also includes the meaning of proof, or demonstration (anumaana). In Buddhist psychology this contains two aspects: inference for oneself and proof for others. (2) Wônhyo divides this into the two aspects of positing the truth 棫惓 and refuting the false 攋幾. 乲擇忈媊 HPC 1.812c乴(3) In the early school of Hetu-vidyaa 場柧 the ability to know about a first thing because of a second thing. For instance, seeing smoke, we know there is fire. Anumaana is one of three kinds of cognitive operation 嶰検. [Dictionary References] naka1120b [Credit] acm(entry)

See the character 旟 in CJKDict

旟 [py] pi2 [wg] p'i [ko] pi [ja] 價 bi ||| (1) To help, to aid. (2) To cast away. (3) Transcription Sanskrit vi sound. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

旟撧栯 [py] pi2nai4ye2 [wg] p'i-nai-yeh [ko] pinaeya [ja] 價僫儎 binaya ||| Chinese transcription of the Sanksrit/Pali vinaya, which is usually translated into Chinese as 棩. The body of texts containing the precepts which serve as a guide for the behavior of Buddhist practitioners. Also transcribed as 旟撨栯. [Dictionary References] naka1134d [Credit] acm(entry)

旟攌嵐 [py] pi2po2sha1 [wg] p'i-p'o-sha [ko] pip'asa [ja] 價僶僔儍 bibasha ||| A transcription of the Sanskrit vibhaasaa, meaning option, or alternative. A wider interpretation or a different explanation. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

旟攌嵐榑 [py] Pi2po2sha1 lun4 [wg] P'i-p'o-sha lun [ko] Pip'asaron [ja] 價僶僔儍儘儞 Bibasharon ||| The Vibhaasaa-`saastra was a philosophical treatise by Katyayaniputra. The Vaibhaasikas were followers of the school of existence. See Apitan piposha lun 垻旟撥旟攌嵐榑 (T 1545) and A-p'i-ta-mo ta-p'i-p'o-sha lun 垻旟払杹戝旟攌嵐榑 (T 1546). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

旟棞栯 [py] pi2li2ye2 [wg] p'i-li-yeh [ko] piriya [ja] 價儕儎 biriya ||| A transcription of the Sanskrit viirya, which means to make effort, endeavor, strive. Usually written in Chinese as 嬑 (qin) or 惛恑 jingjin. One of the six perfections liu boluomi 榋攇梾枿. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

旟岣幧撨樑 [py] Pi2lu2she4na4 fo2 [wg] P'i-lu-shen-a-fo [ko] Pirosanabul [ja] 價儘僔儍僫僽僣 Biroshanabutsu ||| Also written 旟岣幷撨. Vairocana Buddha. The word vairocana means "universal illumination" and was originally an Indian word for sun. This Buddha, whose wisdom penetrates everywhere, is a major symbol for the Huayan school. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

旟栯 [py] pi2ye2 [wg] P'i-yeh [ko] Piya [ja] 價儎 Biya ||| A reference to Vai`saali , the home of Vimalakiirti (堐杸). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

旟栯孉 [py] pi2ye2 ku1 [wg] p'i-yeh-k'u [ko] piyagul [ja] 價儎僋僣 biyakutsu ||| The "room at Vai`saali," which refers to Vimalakiirti's room, which is commonly rendered in Chan literature as 曽忎, or "one square chang (approximately nine square meters). This is a term of respect which indicates the room of a head monk, or the head monk himself. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

旟撨栯 [py] pi2na4ye2 [wg] p'i-na-yeh [ko] pinaya [ja] 價僫儎 binaya ||| Chinese transcription of the Sanksrit/Pali vinaya, which is usually translated into Chinese as 棩. The body of texts containing the precepts which serve as a guide for the behavior of Buddhist practitioners. Also transcribed as 旟撧栯. [Credit] acm(entry)

旟敨幧撨 [py] pi2bo1she4na4 [wg] p'i-po-she-na [ko] pibalsana [ja] 價僶僢僔儍僫 bibasshana ||| Also written 旟攌幧撨. A transcription of the Sanskrit vipa`syanaa, the "observing" or "analytical" (鎂) meditation taught in Buddhism along with `samatha (stabilizing 巭) meditation. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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