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    ye4
yeh
 waza
    わざ

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Karma
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
deed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime
karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣.

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 oni(p); ki
    おに(P); き

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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.

布施

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bù shī
    bu4 shi1
pu shih
 fuse
    ふせ

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Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} alms-giving; charity; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); (surname) Fuho
dāna 檀那; the sixth pāramitā, almsgiving, i. e. of goods, or the doctrine, with resultant benefits now and also hereafter in the forms of reincarnation, as neglect or refusal will produce the opposite consequences. The 二種布施 two kinds of dāna are the pure, or unsullied charity, which looks for no reward here but only hereafter; and the sullied almsgiving whose object is personal benefit. The three kinds of dāna are goods, the doctrine, and courage, or fearlessness. The four kinds are pens to write the sutras, ink, the sutras themselves, and preaching. The five kinds are giving to those who have come from a distance, those who are going to a distance, the sick, the hungry, those wise in the doctrine. The seven kinds are giving to visitors, travellers, the sick, their nurses, monasteries, endowments for the sustenance of monks or nuns, and clothing and food according to season. The eight kinds are giving to those who come for aid, giving for fear (of evil), return for kindness received, anticipating gifts in return, continuing the parental example of giving, giving in hope of rebirth in a particular heaven, in hope of an honoured name, for the adornment of the heart and life. 倶舍論 18.

餓鬼


饿鬼

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è guǐ
    e4 gui3
o kuei
 gaki; gaki
    がき; ガキ
sb who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost
(1) (kana only) (colloquialism) brat; kid; urchin; little devil; (2) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) preta; hungry ghost
pretas, hungry spirits, one of the three lower destinies. They are of varied classes, numbering nine or thirty-six, and are in differing degrees and kinds of suffering, some wealthy and of light torment, others possessing nothing and in perpetual torment; some are jailers and executioners of Yama in the hells, others wander to and fro amongst men, especially at night. Their city or region is called 餓鬼城; 餓鬼界. Their destination or path is the 餓鬼趣 or 餓鬼道.

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    ke1
k`o
    ko
big; hungry-looking


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    ji1
chi
 ki
(bound form) hungry
hungry


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něi
    nei3
nei
(bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid


饿

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è
    e4
o
 ga
hungry; to starve (sb)
Hungry, famished, starving.

七有

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qī yǒu
    qi1 you3
ch`i yu
    chi yu
 shichiu
七生 The seven stages of existence in a human world, or in any 欲界 desire-world. Also (1) in the hells, (2) as animals, (3) hungry ghosts, (4) gods, (5) men, (6) karma 業, and (7) in the intermediate stage.

七趣

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qī qù
    qi1 qu4
ch`i ch`ü
    chi chü
 shichishu
The seven gati or states of sentient beings- nārakagati, in hell; preta, hungry ghost; tiryagyoni, animal; manuṣya, man; ṛṣi, a genius or higher spiritual being; deva, god; asura, demon of the higher order.

三悪

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 sanaku; sannaku; sanmaku
    さんあく; さんなく; さんまく
(1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三悪道・さんあくどう) the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell; (2) (さんあく only) three evils (prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases)

三惡


三恶

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sān è
    san1 e4
san o
 sanmaku
The three evil gati, or paths of transmigration; also 三惡道, 三惡趣 the hells, hungry ghosts, animals.

下塵


下尘

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xià chén
    xia4 chen2
hsia ch`en
    hsia chen
 gejin
The lower gati, the hells, hungry ghosts, animals.

不空

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bù kōng
    bu4 kong1
pu k`ung
    pu kung
 fukuu / fuku
    ふくう
(given name, person) Fukuu
Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka.

九地

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jiǔ dì
    jiu3 di4
chiu ti
 kyuuchi / kyuchi
    きゅうち
very low land; (surname) Kuji
The nine lands, i.e. the 欲界 realm of desire or sensuous realm the four 色界 realms of form or material forms; and the four 無色界 formless realms, or realms beyond form; v. 九有, 九有情居, 禪 and 定. The nine realms are:—(1) 欲界五趣地; the desire realm with its five gati, i.e. hells, hungry ghosts, animals, men, and devas. In the four form-realms are:— (2) 離生喜樂地 Paradise after earthly life, this is also the first dhyāna, or subject of meditation, 初禪. (3) 定生喜樂地 Paradise of cessation of rebirth, 二禪. (4) 離喜妙樂地 Land of wondrous joy after the previous joys, 三禪. (5) 捨念淸淨地 The Pure Land of abandonment of thought, or recollection (of past delights), 四禪. The four formless, or infinite realms, catur arūpa dhātu, are:—(6) 空無邊處地 ākāśānantyā-yatanam, the land of infinite space; also the first samādhi, 第一定. (7) 識無邊處地 vijñānānamtyāyatanam, the land of omniscience, or infinite perception, 二定. (8) 無所有處地 ākiñcanyāyatana, the land of nothingness, 三定. (9) 非想非非想處地 naivasaṁjñānā-saṁjñāyatana, the land (of knowledge) without thinking or not thinking, or where there is neither consciousness nor unconsciousness, i.e. above either; this is the 四定. Eitel says that in the last four, "Life lasts 20,000 great kalpas in the 1st, 40,000 in the 2nd, 60,000 in the 3rd, and 80,000 great kalpas in the 4th of these heavens."

五苦

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wǔ kǔ
    wu3 ku3
wu k`u
    wu ku
 goku
The five forms of suffering: I. (1) Birth, age, sickness, death; (2) parting with those loved; (3) meeting with the hated or disliked; (4) inability to obtain the desired; (5) the five skandha sufferings, mental and physical. II. Birth, age, sickness, death, and the shackles (for criminals). III. The sufferings of the hells, and as hungry ghosts, animals, asuras, and human beings.

五趣

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wǔ qù
    wu3 qu4
wu ch`ü
    wu chü
 goshu
The five gati, i. e. destinations, destinies: the hells, hungry ghosts, animals, human beings, devas; cf. 五惡趣 and 五道.

八難


八难

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bān án
    ban1 an2
pan an
 hachinan
The eight conditions in which it is difficult to see a Buddha or hear his dharma: in the hells: as hungry ghosts; as animals; in Uttarakuru (the northern continent where all is pleasant); in the long-life heavens (where life is long and easy); as deaf, blind, and dumb; as a worldly philosopher; in the intermediate period between a Buddha and his successor. Also 八無暇.

六凡

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liù fán
    liu4 fan2
liu fan
 rokubon
The six stages of rebirth for ordinary people, as contrasted with the saints 聖者: in the hells, and as hungry: ghosts, animals, asuras, men, and devas.

六地

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liù dì
    liu4 di4
liu ti
 rokuchi
Six bodhisattvas in the Dizang group of the garbhadhātu, each controlling one of the 六道 or ways of sentient existence. They deal with rebirth in the hells, as hungry ghosts, animals, asuras, men, and devas.

六趣

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liù qù
    liu4 qu4
liu ch`ü
    liu chü
 rokushu
The six directions of reincarnation, also 六道: (1) 地獄趣 naraka-gati, or that of the hells; (2) 餓鬼趣 preta-gati, of hungry ghosts; (3) 畜生趣 tiryagyoni-gati, of animals; (4) 阿修羅趣 asura-gati, of malevolent nature spirits; (5 ) 人趣 manuṣya-gati, of human existence; (6) 天趣 deva-gati, of deva existence. The 六趣輪廻經 is attributed to Aśvaghoṣa.

六道

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liù dào
    liu4 dao4
liu tao
 rokudou; rikudou / rokudo; rikudo
    ろくどう; りくどう
{Buddh} the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm); (place-name) Rokudō
The six ways or conditions of sentient existence; v. 六趣; the three higher are the 上三途, the three lower 下三途.

刀途

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dāo tú
    dao1 tu2
tao t`u
    tao tu
 tōto
The gati or path of rebirth as an animal, so called because animals are subjects of the butcher's knife.

挨餓


挨饿

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ái è
    ai2 e4
ai o
to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished

施食

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shī shí
    shi1 shi2
shih shih
 sejiki
to give food (as a charity); "feeding the hungry ghosts" (Buddhist ceremony)
To bestow food (on monks), and on hungry ghosts.

欲界

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yù jiè
    yu4 jie4
yü chieh
 yokukai; yokkai
    よくかい; よっかい
{Buddh} (See 三界・1) desire realm
kāmadhātu. The realm, or realms, of in purgatory, hungry spirits, animals, asuras, men, and the six heavens of desire. so called because the beings in these states are dominated by desire. The kāmadhātu realms are given as: 地居 Bhauma. 虛曇天 Antarikṣa. 四天王天 Caturmaharājakayika [i.e. the realms of 持國天 Dhṛtarāṣtra, east; 增長天 Virūḍhaka, south; 廣目天 Virūpakṣa, west; 多聞天 Vai śramaṇa (Dhanada), north]. 忉利天 Trayastriṃśa. 兜率天 Tuṣita. 化樂天 Nirmāṇarati. 他化自在天 Paranirmitavaśavarin.

求食

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qiú shí
    qiu2 shi2
ch`iu shih
    chiu shih
 gu jiki
hungry

火坑

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huǒ kēng
    huo3 keng1
huo k`eng
    huo keng
 ka kō
pit of fire; fig. living hell
The fiery pit (of the five desires 五欲); also that of the three ill destinies— the hells, animals, hungry ghosts.

燄口


焰口

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yàn kǒu
    yan4 kou3
yen k`ou
    yen kou
 enku
UIkā-mukha. Flaming mouth, a hungry ghost or preta, that is represented as appearing to Ānanda in the 救拔燄ロ餓鬼陀羅尼經 (B.N. 984).

王膳

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wáng shàn
    wang2 shan4
wang shan
 ōzen
A royal feast referred to in the Lotus Sutra, where the hungry people feared to accept the King's feast till he came himself and called them; i. e. the feast of Buddhahood and the Buddha's call.

生死

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shēng sǐ
    sheng1 si3
sheng ssu
 seishi(p); shouji; shoushi / seshi(p); shoji; shoshi
    せいし(P); しょうじ; しょうし
life or death
(1) life and death; life or death; (2) (しょうじ, しょうし only) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (3) (しょうじ, しょうし only) death
saṃsāra: birth and death: rebirth and redeath; life and death; 生死, 死生; 生生死死 ever-recurring saṃsāra or transmigrations; the round of mortality. There are two, three, four, seven, and twelve kinds of 生死; the two are 分斷生死 the various karmaic transmigrations, and 不思義變易生死 (or simply 變易生死) the inconceivable transformation life in the Pure Land. Among the twelve are final separation from mortality of the arhat, with 無餘 no remains of it causing return; one final death and no rebirth of the anāgāmin; the seven advancing rebirths of the srota-āpanna; down to the births-cum-deaths of hungry ghosts.

百種


百种

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bǎi zhǒng
    bai3 zhong3
pai chung
 hyakushu
Festival of the Hungry Ghosts

百衆


百众

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bǎi zhòng
    bai3 zhong4
pai chung
 hyakushu
festival of the hungry ghosts

破齋


破斋

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pò zhāi
    po4 zhai1
p`o chai
    po chai
 hasai
To break the monastic rule of the regulation food, or time for meals, for which the punishment is hell, or to become a hungry ghost like the kind with throats small as needles and distended bellies, or to become an animal.

空く

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 suku
    すく
(v5k,vi) (1) to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; (v5k,vi) (2) (See お腹が空く) to be hungry

窮餓


穷饿

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qióng è
    qiong2 e4
ch`iung o
    chiung o
exhausted and hungry

菜色

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cài sè
    cai4 se4
ts`ai se
    tsai se
dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition)

薜茘

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bì lì
    bi4 li4
pi li
(薜茘多) cf. 閉 preta, intp. as an ancestral spirit, but chiefly as a hungry ghost who is also harmful.

虛乏


虚乏

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xū fá
    xu1 fa2
hsü fa
 kobō
hungry

迦摩

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jiā mó
    jia1 mo2
chia mo
 kama
kāma, desire, love, wish. A hungry spirit.

閃多


闪多

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shǎn duō
    shan3 duo1
shan to
 senta
A demon; one of Yama's names.

飢寒


饥寒

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jī hán
    ji1 han2
chi han
 kikan
    きかん
hunger and cold
hungry and cold

飢渴


饥渴

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jī kě
    ji1 ke3
chi k`o
    chi ko
hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)

餓死


饿死

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è sǐ
    e4 si3
o ssu
 gashi(p); gashin(ok)
    がし(P); がしん(ok)
to starve to death; to be very hungry
(n,vs,vi) (death from) starvation; starving to death

餓狼

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 garou / garo
    がろう
hungry wolf

饑い

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 hidarui
    ひだるい
(adjective) (form) (kana only) hungry

鬼界

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guǐ jiè
    gui3 jie4
kuei chieh
 kikai
    きかい
(surname) Kikai
(鬼法界) The region or realm of demons; one of the ten regions.

鬼畜

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guǐ chù
    gui3 chu4
kuei ch`u
    kuei chu
 kichiku
    きちく
brute; savage; fiend
[hungry] ghosts and animals

鬼趣

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guǐ qù
    gui3 qu4
kuei ch`ü
    kuei chü
destiny of hungry ghost

鬼道

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guǐ dào
    gui3 dao4
kuei tao
鬼趣 The way or destiny of yakṣas, rākṣasas, and hungry ghosts; 鬼道 also means in league with demons, or following devilish ways.

㖉吒

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zhā
    zha1
cha
Kheṭa, name of a preta, or hungry ghost.

三悪趣

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 sanakushu; sannakushu; sanmakushu
    さんあくしゅ; さんなくしゅ; さんまくしゅ
{Buddh} (See 三悪道) the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell

三悪道

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 sanakudou; sannakudou; sanmakudou / sanakudo; sannakudo; sanmakudo
    さんあくどう; さんなくどう; さんまくどう
{Buddh} (See 三悪趣,三悪・さんあく・1) the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell

五如來


五如来

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wǔ rú lái
    wu3 ru2 lai2
wu ju lai
 go nyorai
The five Tathāgatas, or Dhyāni-Buddhas, in their special capacity of relieving the lot of hungry ghosts; i. e. Ratnasambhava. Akṣobhya, Amoghasiddhi, Vairocana, and Śākyamuni; v. 五智如來. '

俾禮多


俾礼多

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bì lǐ duō
    bi4 li3 duo1
pi li to
 hireita
preta, a hungry ghost, v. 鬼 10.

卑帝利

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bēi dì lì
    bei1 di4 li4
pei ti li
 hiteiri
pitṛ, a kind of hungry demon.

四惡趣


四恶趣

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sì è qù
    si4 e4 qu4
ssu o ch`ü
    ssu o chü
 shi akushu
(or 四惡道) The four apāya, or evil destinies: the hells, as hungry ghosts, animals, or asuras. The asuras are sometimes evil, sometimes good, hence the term 三惡道 'three evil destinies' excepts the asuras.

四諦經


四谛经

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sì dì jīng
    si4 di4 jing1
ssu ti ching
 Shitai kyō
The sutra of the four dogmas, tr. by 安世高 An Shih Kao, one juan. 四趣 Durgati; the four evil directions or destinations: the hells, hungry ghosts, animals, asuras; v. 四惡.

富那奇

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fun à qí
    fun4 a4 qi2
fun a ch`i
    fun a chi
 Funaki
Name of a preta, or hungry ghost; and of a monk named Pūrṇeccha .

少財鬼


少财鬼

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shǎo cái guǐ
    shao3 cai2 gui3
shao ts`ai kuei
    shao tsai kuei
 shōzai ki
Hungry ghosts who pilfer because they are poor and get but little food.

布怛那

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bù dán à
    bu4 dan2 a4
pu tan a
 futanna
pūtanā, 布單那; 富多那 (or 富單那 or 富陀那) a female demon poisoning or the cause of wasting in a child; interpreted as a stinking hungry demon, and the most successful of demons.

施餓鬼


施饿鬼

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shī è guǐ
    shi1 e4 gui3
shih o kuei
 segaki
    せがき
{Buddh} service for the benefit of suffering spirits
feeding hungry ghosts

毘利差


毗利差

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pí lì chā
    pi2 li4 cha1
p`i li ch`a
    pi li cha
 birisha
vṛkṣa means a tree, but as the intp. is 'a hungry ghost,' vṛka, wolf, seems more correct.

火血刀

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huǒ xiě dāo
    huo3 xie3 dao1
huo hsieh tao
 ka ketsu tō
The hells, animals, and hungry ghosts, i. e. the fiery, bloody, and knife-sharp destinies, the 三惡道.

生餓鬼


生饿鬼

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shēng è guǐ
    sheng1 e4 gui3
sheng o kuei
 shō gaki
born as a hungry ghost

畢利多


毕利多

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bì lì duō
    bi4 li4 duo1
pi li to
 hitsurita
preta, hungry ghost.

空かす

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 sukasu
    すかす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) (usu. 腹を...) (See 空かせる) to feel hungry; to get hungry

腹ぺこ

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 harapeko
    はらぺこ
(adj-no,adj-na) hungry; starving

野布施

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yě bù shī
    ye3 bu4 shi1
yeh pu shih
 nobuse
To scatter offerings at the grave to satisfy hungry ghosts.

閉黎多


闭黎多

see styles
bì lí duō
    bi4 li2 duo1
pi li to
 heiraita
preta, hungry ghost, see 薜.

闍婆隸


阇婆隶

see styles
shé pó lì
    she2 po2 li4
she p`o li
    she po li
 jabarei
jvālā, flame(-mouth), a class of hungry demons.

阿賒迦


阿赊迦

see styles
ā shē jiā
    a1 she1 jia1
a she chia
 ashaka
A kind of hungry ghost; ? connected with Aśanāyuka.

飢える

see styles
 katsueru
    かつえる
    ueru
    うえる
(v1,vi) to starve; to thirst; to be hungry

餓える

see styles
 katsueru
    かつえる
    ueru
    うえる
(v1,vi) to starve; to thirst; to be hungry

餓肚子


饿肚子

see styles
è dù zi
    e4 du4 zi5
o tu tzu
to go hungry; to starve

餓鬼愛


饿鬼爱

see styles
è guǐ ài
    e4 gui3 ai4
o kuei ai
Desire as eager as that of a hungry ghost.

餓鬼界

see styles
è guǐ jiè
    e4 gui3 jie4
o kuei chieh
realm of hungry ghosts

餓鬼趣

see styles
è guǐ qù
    e4 gui3 qu4
o kuei ch`ü
    o kuei chü
rebirth as hungry ghost

餓鬼道


饿鬼道

see styles
è guǐ dào
    e4 gui3 dao4
o kuei tao
 gakidou / gakido
    がきどう
{Buddh} (See 六道) hungry ghost (preta) realm
rebirth into the existence of hungry ghost

饑える

see styles
 ueru
    うえる
(v1,vi) to starve; to thirst; to be hungry

鬼傍生

see styles
guǐ páng shēng
    gui3 pang2 sheng1
kuei p`ang sheng
    kuei pang sheng
hungry ghosts and animals

鬼法界

see styles
guǐ fǎ jiè
    gui3 fa3 jie4
kuei fa chieh
realm of the hungry ghosts

ハラペコ

see styles
 harapeko
    ハラペコ
(adj-no,adj-na) hungry; starving

ひもじい

see styles
 himojii / himoji
    ひもじい
(adjective) very hungry; starving; ravenous

フォニオ

see styles
 fonio
    フォニオ
fonio (Digitaria exilis); white fonio; fonio millet; hungry rice; acha rice; foño

一水四見


一水四见

see styles
yī shuǐ sì jiàn
    yi1 shui3 si4 jian4
i shui ssu chien
 issui shiken
The same water may be viewed in four ways— devas see it as bejewelled land, men as water, hungry ghosts as pus and blood, fish as a place to live in. Cf. 一境四心.

五種布施


五种布施

see styles
wǔ zhǒng bù shī
    wu3 zhong3 bu4 shi1
wu chung pu shih
 goshu fuse
The five kinds of almsgiving or dānas— to those from afar, to those going afar, to the sick, the hungry, and those wise in Buddhist doctrine.

傍生餓鬼


傍生饿鬼

see styles
páng shēn gè guǐ
    pang2 shen1 ge4 gui3
p`ang shen ko kuei
    pang shen ko kuei
 bōshō gaki
animals and hungry ghosts

喝西北風


喝西北风

see styles
hē xī běi fēng
    he1 xi1 bei3 feng1
ho hsi pei feng
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom); fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat

挨餓受凍

see styles
ái è - shòu dòng
    ai2 e4 - shou4 dong4
ai o - shou tung
(idiom) to go cold and hungry

施餓鬼會


施饿鬼会

see styles
shī è guǐ huì
    shi1 e4 gui3 hui4
shih o kuei hui
 se gaki e
feeding-hungry-ghosts meeting

權慾薰心


权欲熏心

see styles
quán yù xūn xīn
    quan2 yu4 xun1 xin1
ch`üan yü hsün hsin
    chüan yü hsün hsin
obsessed by a craving for power; power-hungry

空かせる

see styles
 sukaseru
    すかせる
(Ichidan verb) (usu. 腹を...) (See 空かす) to feel hungry; to get hungry

腹がすく

see styles
 haragasuku
    はらがすく
(exp,v5k) to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

腹が減る

see styles
 haragaheru
    はらがへる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to become hungry

腹が空く

see styles
 haragasuku
    はらがすく
(exp,v5k) to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

腹減った

see styles
 harahetta
    はらへった
(expression) (colloquialism) I'm hungry

開甘露門


开甘露门

see styles
kāi gān lù mén
    kai1 gan1 lu4 men2
k`ai kan lu men
    kai kan lu men
 kai kanro mon
To open the ambrosial door, i.e. provide for hungry ghosts.

阿毗遮羅

see styles
ā pí zhē luō
    a1 pi2 zhe1 luo1
a p`i che lo
    a pi che lo
abhicāra. A hungry ghost.

阿毘遮羅


阿毘遮罗

see styles
ā pí zhē luó
    a1 pi2 zhe1 luo2
a p`i che lo
    a pi che lo
 abishara
hungry ghost

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