(一)數之單位。如「第一」或「一位」。
(二)表示所有、皆是之義。
(三)表示平等、絕對之義。碧巖錄第四十五則(大四八‧一八一下):「僧問趙州:『萬法歸一,一歸何處?』州云:『我在青州作一領布衫,重七斤。』」
一 (1) One; the number one; single (Skt. eka; Tib. gcig) (2) One, someone, something (ekatya). (3) The same; singular. A single body; a single type (ekadhya).
eka. One, unity, monad, once, the same; immediately on (seeing, hearing, etc.).
eka, aikya, sakṛt; ananya, anyatama, anyatara, ananyatā, abhinna, alpa, avicitra, ādya, ekatā, ekatya, ekatva, ekadhā, ekadhyam, ekāgratā, ekāṅka, ekī-bhāva, ekoti-bhāva, aikadhyam, kiṃcid, tattva, prathama, sama.
eka, aikya, sakṛt; ananya, anyatama, anyatara, ananyatā, abhinna, alpa, avicitra, ādya, ekatā, ekatya, ekatva, ekadhā, ekadhyam, ekāgratā, ekāṅka, ekī-bhāva, ekoti-bhāva, aikadhyam, kiṃcid, tattva, prathama, sama