Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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Improper means of existence by spells, fortune-telling, etc., one of the four cardinal improper ways of earning a livelihood.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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維即四維也。謂學種種咒術,卜算吉凶,以求衣食,而自活命,是名維口食也。
Source
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明,一如《三藏法數》字庫