三时

(三時, 三时)

The three divisions of the day, i.e. dawn, daylight, and sunset; or morning, noon, and evening; also the three periods, after his nirvāṇa, of every Buddha's teaching, viz., [lang id =1028]正 correct, or the period of orthodoxy and vigour, [lang id =1028]像 semblance, or the period of scholasticism, and [lang id =1028]末 end, the period of decline and termination.