Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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China; intp. as the country of culture, with a people clothed and capped; also as a frontier (of India), a place of banishment.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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又作至那。據翻譯名義集卷三脂那條載,「脂那」一詞,凡有二義:(一)指「支那」,意即文物國,乃讚美此方為衣冠文物之地。如大唐西域記卷五所說之「摩訶至那」,即指「大唐」。(大五一‧八九四下):「大唐國在何方?(中略)當此東北數萬餘里,印度所謂摩訶至那國是也。」(二)指「指難」,為邊鄙之意,即貶挫其地非中國之語。
Source
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佛光電子大辭典
Page
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p4291
Definition[3]
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cīna, cīna-sthāna.
Source
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佛教漢梵大辭典
Page
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P.3018-P.3028