非想非非想處
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Chinese[edit]
(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa |
to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa |
(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa |
to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with | ||
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trad. (非想非非想處) | 非 | 想 | 非 | 非 | 想 | 處 | |
simp. (非想非非想处) | 非 | 想 | 非 | 非 | 想 | 处 |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Sanskrit नैवसंज्ञानासंज्ञायतन (naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana) or Pali nevasaññānāsaññāyatana, both literally meaning “the sphere of neither conceptualization nor non-conceptualization”.
Tibetan equivalent is འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་མིན་སྐྱེ་མཆེད ('du shes med 'du shes med min skye mched).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
非想非非想處
- (~天) (Buddhism) the “sphere of neither perception nor nonperception”, the fourth and highest of the four levels of the immaterial realm
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- 非非想 (fēifēixiǎng)
See also[edit]
- 想入非非 (xiǎngrùfēifēi)