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印契 [py] yìnqì [wg] yin-ch'i [ko] 인계 ingye [ja] インゲイ ingei ||| Signs made with the hands, usually seen in sculptural and painted representations of buddhas and bodhisattvas, that indicate various kinds of symbolism associated with concepts in the Buddhist teaching. See 印相.
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[Dictionary References] Naka68c ZGD55d Iwa47 JE129a/141 DFB [Credit] cmuller (entry)
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印是印相,標誌之義,契是契約,不改之義。
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陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
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(術語)本尊之印契名千眼印,出千臂經中,先以二小指無名指中指,各以甲背相著,其二人指豎頭相[(扣-口)*主]二大指側搏附人指第二文上側,腕開五寸許,置於眉間而誦真言。
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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mudrā, mudrā-bandha.
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佛教漢梵大辭典, 平川彰 Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary, Akira Hirakawa
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p.381 - p.387
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===(術語)印相者,標示法界之性德,而非偽者,故云契。契者契約。不改之義也。即身成佛義曰:「手作印契,口誦真言,心住三摩地,三密相應加持故,早得大悉地。」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》