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Definition[1]
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Manorhita, or Manoratha, tr. by 如意, an Indian prince who became the disciple and successor of Vasubandhu, reputed author of the 毘婆沙論 Vibhāsāśāstra and the twenty-second patriarch.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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梵名 Madhyadeśa。意譯為中國,即中央之國。係位於恆河中游地帶。為古代印度婆羅門文明之中心地。南海寄歸內法傳卷三之註(大五四‧二二二上):「或云末睇是中,提捨是國;百億之中心,斯其事也。」(參閱「中國」1023)
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佛光電子大辭典
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