修多羅

修多羅
(修多羅, 修多罗)
Sutra; from (sa) siv, to sew, to thread, to string together, intp. as [lang id =1028]綖, i.e. [lang id =1028]線 thread, string; strung together as a garland of flowers. Sutras or addresses attributed to the Buddha, usually introduced by [lang id =1028]如是我聞 thus have I heard, (sa) Evam mayā śrutam It is intp. by [lang id =1028]經 a warp, i.e. the threads on which a piece is woven; it is the (sa) sūtra-piṭaka, or first portion of the Tripiṭaka; but is sometimes applied to the whole canon. It is also intp. [lang id =1028]契 or[lang id =1028]契經 scriptures. Also [lang id =1028]修單羅; [lang id =1028]修妬路; [lang id =1028]修多闌; [lang id =1028]修單蘭多; [lang id =1028]素呾纜 (or [lang id =1028]素怛纜); [lang id =1028]蘇多羅 (or [lang id =1028]蘇呾羅). A clasp on the seven-piece robe of the [lang id =1028]真宗 Shin sect.
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◆梵語修多羅, 華言契經。 契者, 上契諸佛之理, 下契眾生之機也。 經, 法也、 常也, 乃聖教之總名。 今言修多羅, 即經中長行之文也。 謂直說法相, 隨其義理長短, 不以字數為拘, 是為長行也。 (法者, 十界同遵也; 常者, 三世不易也。 ) ◆梵語修多羅, 華言契經。 契者, 上契諸佛之理, 下契眾生之機。 經者, 法也, 常也。 十界同遵曰法, 三世不易曰常, 此聖教之總名也。 又修多羅即是長行直說法相, 隨其義理長短, 不以字數為拘也。 (十界者, 佛界、 菩薩界、 緣覺界、 聲聞界、 天界、 人界、 修羅界、 餓鬼界、 畜生界、 地獄界也。 )
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華譯契經, 契是上契諸佛妙理, 下契眾生根機, 經是線的意思, 貫穿法義, 使不散失。

Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.

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