Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms

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食 [py] shi2 [wg] shih [ko] sik [ja] シキ、ショク shiki, shoku ||| (1) To eat; to eat and drink (2) To feed others. (3) Food, rice. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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飲 [py] yin3 [wg] yin [ko] ûm [ja] イン、オン in, on ||| To drink. A drink. To have in the throat. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

飲光部 [py] Yin3guang1 bu4 [wg] Yin-kuang-pu [ko] ûmgwangbu [ja] オンコウブ Onkoubu ||| The Kaa`syapiiya sect. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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飾 [py] shi4 [wg] shih [ko] sik [ja] シキ、ショク shiki, shoku ||| To decorate. Decoration, ornamentation. Superficial additions. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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餌 [py] er3 [wg] erh [ko] i [ja] ジ ji ||| (1) Food, feed, bait (for animals). (2) To feed animals. (3) (Tempting) profit. (4) To entice by promise of profit. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 養 in CJKDict

養 [py] yang3 [wg] yang [ko] yang [ja] ヨウ you ||| Nourish, cultivate, raise, protect, care for--esp. to care for a Buddhist teacher's basic need of food and drink. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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餓 [py] e4 [wg] o [ko] a [ja] ガ ga ||| To starve; suffer from severe hunger. Suffer from starvation. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

餓鬼 [py] e4gui3 [wg] o-kuei [ko] agwi [ja] ガキ gaki ||| A translation of the Sanskrit preta, usually rendered into English as "hungry ghost." In early Indian thought, the term preta simply referred to the spirit of a deceased person, but the term came to be used in Buddhism with a specialized meaning. It is an unpleasant realm of existence that one descends to as retribution for a life of unchecked desire. One of the three evil destinies 三惡趣. [Dictionary References] naka162a iwa109 [Credit] acm(entry)

See the character 餘 in CJKDict

餘 [py] yu2 [wg] yü [ko] yô [ja] ヨ yo ||| (1) Leftover, remainder, remnant; the rest, the other(s). (2) To be extra, to remain; to leave behind. (anya, para). (3) Heretic(s). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 饕 in CJKDict

饕餮 [py] tao1tie4 [wg] t'ao-t'ieh [ko] toch'ôl [ja] トウテツ toutetsu ||| Intense desire; craving, addiction, gluttony. 〔瑜伽論T 1579.30.410a〕 [Credit] acm(entry)

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