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毗舍离
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(毘舍)(毗)(毘)(捨離)(捨)(舍)(离)(離)
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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
毗 see styles |
pí pi2 p`i pi |
to adjoin; to border on |
毘 毗 see styles |
pí pi2 p`i pi bi |
variant of 毗[pi2] Contiguous; surrounded; hemmed in; liberal; to aid; manifest; translit. v, vi, vai, vya, ve, pi, bh, bhi. Cf. 鞞, 鼻, 吠. |
毘舍 毗舍 see styles |
pí shè pi2 she4 p`i she pi she bisha |
veśa, entrance, house, adornment, prostitute; but it is probably vaiśya, the third caste of farmers and traders, explained by 居士 burghers, or 商賈 merchants; cf. 吠. |
捨 舍 see styles |
shě she3 she sha しゃ |
to give up; to abandon; to give alms {Buddh} equanimity; upeksa; upekkha upekṣā, neglect, indifference, abandoning, M.W. To relinquish, renounce, abandon, reject, give. One of the chief Buddhist virtues, that of renunciation, leading to a state of "indifference without pleasure or pain" (Keith), or independence of both. v. 舍. It is defined as the mind 平等 in equilibrium, i.e. above the distinction of things or persons, of self or others; indifferent, having abandoned the world and all things and having no affections or desires. One of the seven bodhyaṅgas. Translit. sa, śa, s(r). |
舍 see styles |
shè she4 she sha |
(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] A shelter, cottage; used as a term of humility for "my"; to lodge; let go, relinquish. |
捨離 舍离 see styles |
shě lí she3 li2 she li shari しゃり |
{Buddh} abandoning all worldly desires to discard |
离 see styles |
chī chi1 ch`ih chih |
mythical beast (archaic) |
離 离 see styles |
lí li2 li ri り |
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (something); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲ li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south); (surname) Mato To leave, part from, apart from. abandon; translit. li, le, r, re, rai. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 8 results for "毗舍离" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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