Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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隨宜 (1) To teach in direct response to the needs and abilities of the audience (vineya-anurūpatā); according to capacities. (2) As one desires, as one wishes; to bring oneself to. (3) According to; in response to; concomitant with (yathāvat).
Definition[2]
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As suitable, proper, or needed.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[3]
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即隨順眾生根器之所宜。又順應人、時、處所宣說之法，稱為隨宜所說、隨宜說法。法華經方便品（大九‧五中）：「佛曾親近百千萬億無數諸佛，（中略）成就甚深未曾有法，隨宜所說，意趣難解。」
Source
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佛光電子大辭典
Page
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p6348
Definition[4]
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隨宜者，隨順眾生之所宜也。謂如來所說種種諸法，或偏或圓，或頓或漸，皆是隨順眾生之機，稱其根器，悉令開解也。
Source
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明，一如《三藏法數》字庫
Definition[5]
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yathāvat, yukta-rūpa, vineyânurūpa
Source
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佛教漢梵大辭典, 平川彰 Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary, Akira Hirakawa
Page
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4037
Definition[6]
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隨宜 (suí yí) ( “as the situation demands” )
{《漢語大詞典》11.1106a(後漢書)} ; {《大漢和辞典》11.962d(宋代)} ;
Dharmarakṣa: {96a28} 吾聲聞衆 行亦如是 應時隨宜 化此萌類(v)
{K.204.5} upāya~
Kumārajīva: {L.28a20} 方便
Source
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A Digital Edition of A Glossary of Dharmarakṣa translation of the Lotus Sutra by Seishi Karashima, 1998
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