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Definition[1]
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指獲得袈裟之一縷或一度觸及袈裟者,皆可得無量之功德。如往生要集指麾鈔卷九載,一牛嘗以其角觸及袈裟,遂於來生受報為僧,由此功德而能聽聞佛法。〔法華文句記卷三〕
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佛光電子大辭典
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p82
Definition[2]
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'A thread, a butt'; the dragon which snatched a thread of a monk's robe and was consequently protected from a dangerous bird; the ox which butted a monk's robe and became a monk at its next transmigration; e.g. the virtue of the robe.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[3]
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(雜語)言得袈裟之一絲,及觸袈裟一度。皆得無量之功德也。文句記三中曰:「龍得一縷,牛角一觸。」同私記三本曰:「龍得一縷,牛角一觸者:龍得袈裟一縷,免金翅鳥難;牛角一觸架裟,免畜身。」往生要集指麾鈔九曰:「龍得一縷者,廣見法苑四十七,經律異相四十八,大部補注六等。牛角一觸者。箋難第一云,曾以角觸袈裟,後改報為僧聞法等,未見出處,後更追注。」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》