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(sa) lakṣana [lang id =1028]攞乞尖拏. Also, (sa) nimitta. A 'distinctive mark, sign', 'indication, characteristic', 'designation'. M. W. External appearance; the appearance of things; form; a phenomenon [lang id =1028]有為法 in the sense of appearance; mutual; to regard. The four forms taken by every phenomenon are [lang id =1028]生住異滅 rise, stay, change, cease, i. e. birth, life, old age, death. The Huayan school has a sixfold division of form, namely, whole and parts, together and separate, integrate and disintegrate. A Buddha or Cakravartī is recognized by his thirty-two (sa) lakṣana , i. e. his thirty-two characteristic physiological marks.

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◆相即觀境也。 謂修觀之時， 於此心觀之中， 分別了知三昧境界之相， 如淨明鏡， 照徹一切影像， 了了分明也。 ◆相即色相也。 謂三界一切品類， 洪纖妍醜， 情與無情， 及根塵諸法， 各有形狀， 是為相也。 （三界者， 欲界、 色界、 無色界也。 ）

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表現於外而能想像於心的各種事物的相狀。