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Definition[1]
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The four grave prohibitions, or sins, 四重罪 pārājikas: killing, stealing, carnality, lying. Also four of the esoteric sect, i. e. discarding the truth, discarding the bodhi-mind, being mean or selfish in regard to the supreme law, injuring the living.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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又名四重罪、四棄、四波羅夷罪等,即犯淫戒、犯盜戒、犯殺人戒、犯大妄語戒。
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陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
Definition[3]
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四重禁===(名數)又云四重罪。四波羅夷罪也。【參見: 波羅夷】。【又】密教別有三昧耶戒之四重禁:一捨正法,二捨菩提心,三慳吝勝法,四惱害眾生。是為四波羅夷罪。
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》
Definition[4]
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catasro mūlāpattayo gurvyaḥ.
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佛教漢梵大辭典, 平川彰 Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary, Akira Hirakawa
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