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三帰

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 miki
    みき
(surname) Miki

三帳

see styles
 sanchou / sancho
    さんちょう
(place-name) Sanchō

三幡

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 mihata
    みはた
(surname) Mihata

三幣

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 mihei / mihe
    みへい
(surname) Mihei

三平

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 mihei / mihe
    みへい
(surname) Mihei

三年

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sān nián
    san1 nian2
san nien
 mitoshi
    みとし
three years; (surname) Mitoshi
three years

三幸

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 miyuki
    みゆき
(female given name) Miyuki

三幾

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 miki
    みき
(given name) Miki

三広

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 mitsuhiro
    みつひろ
(surname) Mitsuhiro

三庄

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 mitsunoshou / mitsunosho
    みつのしょう
(place-name) Mitsunoshou

三府

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 sanpu
    さんぷ
(hist) (Tokyo became a metropolitan prefecture in 1943) (See 府・1) the three urban prefectures (Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka); (surname) Mitsufu

三度

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sān dù
    san1 du4
san tu
 sando
    さんど
third (musical interval)
(1) three times; thrice; (adverb) (2) several times; often; frequently; (1) three times; thrice; (2) third (musical interval); (surname) Sando

三庫

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 mikura
    みくら
(place-name) Mikura

三廂


三厢

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sān xiāng
    san1 xiang1
san hsiang
sedan (automobile body type)

三廉

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 mikado
    みかど
(surname) Mikado

三廢


三废

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sān fèi
    san1 fei4
san fei
three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1]

三建

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 mitsutake
    みつたけ
(surname) Mitsutake

三廼

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 mitsuya
    みつや
(surname) Mitsuya

三弊

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 sanpei / sanpe
    さんぺい
(surname) Sanpei

三引

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 mibiki
    みびき
(place-name, surname) Mibiki

三弘

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 mitsuhiro
    みつひろ
(given name) Mitsuhiro

三弥

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 miya
    みや
(surname, female given name) Miya

三弦

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sān xián
    san1 xian2
san hsien
 sangen
    さんげん
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
three-stringed instrument; samisen

三張

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 mitsuhari
    みつはり
(surname) Mitsuhari

三強

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 sankyou / sankyo
    さんきょう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 強・2) top three

三彌

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 mitsuya
    みつや
(personal name) Mitsuya

三形

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sān xíng
    san1 xing2
san hsing
 sangyō
idem 昧耶形.

三彦

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 mitsuhiko
    みつひこ
(male given name) Mitsuhiko

三彩

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 midori
    みどり
(female given name) Midori

三影

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 mikage
    みかげ
(surname, female given name) Mikage

三役

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 sanyaku
    さんやく
(1) three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); (2) three parts; three divisions

三待

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 mitsumachi
    みつまち
(surname) Mitsumachi

三後

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 mitsugo
    みつご
(surname) Mitsugo

三従

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 sanjuu / sanju
    さんじゅう
a woman's three obediences (father, husband and son; according to Buddhist and Confucianist teachings); (personal name) Mitsugu

三從


三从

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sān cóng
    san1 cong2
san ts`ung
    san tsung
 san shō
A woman's three subordinations, to father, husband, and son; stated in several sūtras, e.g. 四十華嚴經28.

三徳

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 santoku
    さんとく
three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence (valor); (personal name) Minori

三德

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sān dé
    san1 de2
san te
 santoku
The three virtues or powers, of which three groups are given below. (1) (a) 法身德 The virtue or potency of the Buddha's eternal, spiritual body, the dharmakāya; (b) 般若德 of his prājñā, or wisdom, knowing all things in their reality; (c) 解脫德 of his freedom from all bonds and his sovereign Iiberty. Each of these has the four qualities of 常, 樂我, 淨eternity, joy, personality, and purity; v. 漫涅槃經 (2) (a) 智德 The potency of his perfect knowledge; (b) 斷德 of his cutting off all illusion and perfecting of supreme nirvāṇa; the above two are 自利 for his own advantage; (c) 恩德 of his universal grace and salvation, which 利他 bestows the benefits he has acquired on others. (3) (a) 因圓德 The perfection of his causative or karmic works during his three great kalpas of preparation; (b) 果圓德 the perfection of the fruit, or results in his own character and wisdom; (c) 恩圓德 the perfection of his grace in the salvation of others.

三心

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sān xīn
    san1 xin1
san hsin
 sanshin
    さんしん
(given name) Sanshin
The three minds, or hearts; various groups are given: (1) Three assured ways of reaching the Pure Land, by (a) 至誠心 perfect sincerity; (b) 深 profound resolve for it; (c) 廻向接發願心 resolve on demitting one's merits to others. (2) (a) 根本心 The 8th or ālaya-vijñāna mind, the storehouse, or source of all seeds of good or evil; (b) 依本 the 7th or mano-vijñāna mind, the mediating cause of all taint; (c) 起事心 the ṣaḍāyatana-vijñāna mind, the immediate influence of the six senses. (3) (a) 入心 (b) 住心 (c) 出心 The mind entering into a condition, staying there, departing. (4) A pure, a single, and an undistracted mind. There are other groups.

三忍

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sān rěn
    san1 ren3
san jen
 sannin
The tree forms of kṣānti, i.e. patience (or endurance, tolerance). One of the groups is patience under hatred, under physical hardship, and in pursuit of the faith. Another is patience of the blessed in the Pure Land in understanding the truth they hear, patience in obeying the truth, patience in attaining absolute reality; v. 無量壽經. Another is patience in the joy of remembering Amitābha, patience in meditation on his truth, and patience in constant faith in him. Another is the patience of submission, of faith, and of obedience.

三志

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 mitsuji
    みつじ
(personal name) Mitsuji

三忠

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 mitsutada
    みつただ
(personal name) Mitsutada

三怜

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 misato
    みさと
(female given name) Misato

三思

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sān sī
    san1 si1
san ssu
 sanshi
    さんし
(n,vs,vi) deep reflection; (personal name) Mitsuji
All action and speech have three mental conditions— reflection, judgment, decision.

三性

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sān xìng
    san1 xing4
san hsing
 sanshō
The three types of character 善, 惡, 無記 good, bad and undefinable, or neutral; v. 唯識論 5. Also, 徧依圓性 the three aspects of the nature of a thing— partial, as when a rope is mistaken for a snake; only partly reliable, i.e. incomplete inference, as when it is considered as mere hemp; all around, or perfect, when content, form, etc., are all considered.

三恭

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 mitsuyasu
    みつやす
(given name) Mitsuyasu

三恵

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 mitsue
    みつえ
(female given name) Mitsue

三悠

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 miyu
    みゆ
(female given name) Miyu

三悦

see styles
 mitsuyoshi
    みつよし
(personal name) Mitsuyoshi

三悪

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 sanaku; sannaku; sanmaku
    さんあく; さんなく; さんまく
(1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三悪道・さんあくどう) the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell; (2) (さんあく only) three evils (prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases)

三惑

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sān huò
    san1 huo4
san huo
 sanwaku; sannaku
    さんわく; さんなく
{Buddh} three mental disturbances
A Tiantai classification of the three delusions, also styled 煩惱; 漏; 垢; 結; trials or temptations, leakages, uncleannesses, and bonds. The first of the following three is common to all disciples, the two last to bodhisattvas. They arise from (a) 見, 思, 惑 things seen and thought, i.e. illusions from imperfect perception, with temptation to love, hate, etc.; to be rid of these false views and temptations is the discipline and nirvāṇa of ascetic or Hīnayāna Buddhists. Mahāyāna proceeds further in and by its bodhisattva aims, which produce their own difficulties, i.e. (b) 塵沙惑 illusion and temptation through the immense variety of duties in saving men; and (c) 無明惑 illusions and temptations that arise from failure philosophically to understand things in their reality.

三惟

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 mitsunari
    みつなり
(personal name) Mitsunari

三惠

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sān huì
    san1 hui4
san hui
 mie
    みえ
(female given name) Mie
three kinds of wisdom

三惡


三恶

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sān è
    san1 e4
san o
 sanmaku
The three evil gati, or paths of transmigration; also 惡道, 惡趣 the hells, hungry ghosts, animals.

三想

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sān xiǎng
    san1 xiang3
san hsiang
 sansō
The three evil thoughts are the last, desire, hate, malevolence; the three good thoughts are 怨想 thoughts of (love to) enemies, 親想 the same to family and friends, 中人想 the same to those who are neither enemies nor friends, i.e. to all; v. 智度論 72.

三愆

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sān qiān
    san1 qian1
san ch`ien
    san chien
The three misleading things: 貪 desire, 瞋 ire, and 邪 perverted views.

三愚

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 sangu
    さんぐ
(given name) Sangu

三愛


三爱

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sān ài
    san1 ai4
san ai
 sanai
    さんあい
(1) koto, alcohol and poetry; the three loves; (2) {Buddh} the three desires of the realms of existence; (male given name) Miyoshi
three kinds of attachment

三慈

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sān cí
    san1 ci2
san tz`u
    san tzu
 sanji
three kinds of compassion

三態

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 santai
    さんたい
the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas

三慧

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sān huì
    san1 hui4
san hui
 misato
    みさと
(female given name) Misato
The three modes of attaining moral wisdom: 聞慧 from reading, hearing, instruction; 思慧 from reflection, etc.; 修慧 from practice (of abstract meditation).

三慶

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 miyoshi
    みよし
(personal name) Miyoshi

三憲

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 mitsunori
    みつのり
(given name) Mitsunori

三懸

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 sangai
    さんがい
headstall, martingale, and crupper

三懺


三忏

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sān chàn
    san1 chan4
san ch`an
    san chan
 san sen
idem 種悔法.

三成

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 minari
    みなり
(place-name, surname) Minari

三戒

see styles
sān jiè
    san1 jie4
san chieh
 sankai
    さんかい
(1) (from the Analects of Confucius) three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain); (2) {Buddh} three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral)
The three sets of commandments, i.e. the ten for the ordained who have left home, the eight for the devout at home, and the five for the ordinary laity.

三戸

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 mito
    みと
(place-name, surname) Mito

三房

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 mitsufusa
    みつふさ
(surname) Mitsufusa

三所

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 mitokoro
    みところ
(place-name) Mitokoro

三扇

see styles
 mitsuougi / mitsuogi
    みつおうぎ
(surname) Mitsuougi

三手

see styles
 mite
    みて
(place-name) Mite

三才

see styles
 sansai
    さんさい
(1) (form) the three powers (heaven, earth and man); (2) (form) everything in the universe; (surname) Sanzai

三折

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 mitsuori
    みつおり
(surname) Mitsuori

三拜

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sān bài
    san1 bai4
san pai
 sanbai
three prostrations

三拝

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 sanpai
    さんぱい
(n,vs,vi) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly

三拾

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 sanju
    さんじゅっ
(place-name) Sanju

三振

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sān zhèn
    san1 zhen4
san chen
 sanshin
    さんしん
to strike out; strikeout (baseball, softball); (Tw) to ditch; to eliminate from consideration
(n,vs,vi) {baseb} strikeout; strike out; fanning out

三掘

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 mihori
    みほり
(surname) Mihori

三掛

see styles
 sangai
    さんがい
headstall, martingale, and crupper

三揚

see styles
 sanyou / sanyo
    さんよう
(given name) San'you

三摩

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sān mó
    san1 mo2
san mo
 sanma
    さんま
(surname) Sanma
Sama, level, equal, same, etc.; cf. 昧 (昧耶) and 平等.

三擧

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sān jǔ
    san1 ju3
san chü
 sanko
three exposures

三支

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sān zhī
    san1 zhi1
san chih
 san shi
(支比量) Three members of a syllogism: pratijñā宗 the proposition, hetu 因 the reason, udāharaṇa 喩the example; cf. 因明.

三政

see styles
 mimasa
    みまさ
(surname) Mimasa

三敏

see styles
 mitsutoshi
    みつとし
(male given name) Mitsutoshi

三教

see styles
sān jiào
    san1 jiao4
san chiao
 sankyou; sangyou / sankyo; sangyo
    さんきょう; さんぎょう
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
(1) Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism; the three religions; (2) Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism; (3) Buddhism, Shinto and Christianity; (given name) Mitsunori
The three teachings, i.e. 儒, 佛 (or 釋), and 道Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism; or, 孔, 老, 釋 Confucianism, Taoism (aIso known as 神敎), and Buddhism. In Japan they are Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism. In Buddhism the term is applied to the three periods of Śākyamuni's own teaching, of which there are several definitions: (1) The Jiangnan 南中 School describe his teaching as (a) 漸progressive or gradual; (b) 頓 immediate, i.e. as one whole, especially in the 華嚴經; and (c) 不定 or indeterminate. (2) 光統 Guangtong, a writer of the Iater Wei dynasty, describes the three as (a) 漸 progressive for beginners, i.e. from impermanence to permanence, from the void to reality, etc.; (b) 頓 immediate for the more advanced; and (c) 圓complete, to the most advanced, i.e. the Huayan as above. (3) The 時敎q.v. (4) The 南山 Southern school deals with (a) the 性空of Hīnayāna; (b) 相空of Mahāyāna; and (c) 唯識圓 the perfect idealism. v. 行事鈔中 4. Tiantai accepts the division of 漸, 頓, and 不定 for pre-Lotus teaching, but adopts 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 perfect, with the Lotus as the perfect teaching; it also has the division of 藏敎 , 通敎 , and 別敎 q.v.

三敬

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 mitsuhiro
    みつひろ
(given name) Mitsuhiro

三文

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 sanmon
    さんもん
(n,n-pref) (1) paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; (2) (orig. meaning) three one-mon coins; (personal name) Mitsufumi

三斎

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 sansai
    さんさい
(given name) Sansai

三新

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 sanshin
    さんしん
(place-name) Sanshin

三斷


三断

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sān duàn
    san1 duan4
san tuan
 sandan
The three cuttings off or excisions (of 惑 beguiling delusions, or perplexities). (1) (a) 見所斷 to cut off delusions of view, of which Hīnayāna has eighty-eight kinds; (b) 修所斷in practice, eighty-one kinds; (c) 非所斷nothing left to cut off, perfect. v. 倶舍論 2. (2) (a) 自性斷 to cut off the nature or root (of delusion); (b) 緣縛斷 to cut off the external bonds, or objective causes (of delusions); (c) 不生斷 (delusion) no longer arising, therefore nothing produced to cut off. The third stage in both groups is that of an arhat.

三方

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 sanbou(p); sanpou / sanbo(p); sanpo
    さんぼう(P); さんぽう

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Sanbo
(1) three sides; (2) small offering stand; (surname) Mitsukata

三施

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sān shī
    san1 shi1
san shih
 sanse
The three forms of giving: (1) (a) one's goods; (b) the Law or Truth; (c) courage, or confidence: 智度論 11. (2) (a) goods; (b) worship; (c) preaching. (3) (a) food; (b) valuables; (c) life.

三族

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sān zú
    san1 zu2
san tsu
 sanzoku
    さんぞく
(old) three generations (father, self and sons); three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

三旗

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 mihata
    みはた
(place-name) Mihata

三日

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sān rì
    san1 ri4
san jih
 mikkaichi
    みっかいち
(1) the third day of the month; (2) three days; (place-name) Mikkaichi
3 days

三昌

see styles
 mishou / misho
    みしょう
(surname) Mishou

三明

see styles
sān míng
    san1 ming2
san ming
 sanmyou / sanmyo
    さんみょう
Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian
{Buddh} (See 宿命通,天眼通,漏尽通) three kinds of awareness; (surname, given name) Mitsuaki
The three insights; also 達. Applied to Buddhas they are called 達, to arhats 明. (a) 宿命明 Insight into the mortal conditions of self and others in previous lives; (b) 天眼明 supernatural insight into future mortal conditions; (c) 漏盡明 nirvāṇa insight, i.e. into present mortal sufferings so as to overcome aIl passions or temptations. In the 倶舍論 27 the three are termed 住智識證明; 死生識證明 and 漏盡識證明. For 明經 v. 長阿含16.

三易

see styles
 saneki
    さんえき
three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)

三星

see styles
sān xīng
    san1 xing1
san hsing
 miboshi
    みぼし
three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion; three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
(surname) Miboshi

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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