- 二十二根
- The twenty-two roots, organs, or powers, v. 根. They are:(1) 眼根 eye, cakṣurindriya;(2) 耳 根 ear, śrotrendriya;(3) 鼻根 nose, ghrāṇendriya;(4) 舌根 tongue, jihvendriya;(5) 身根 body, kāyendriya;(6) 意根 mind, manaīndriya (the above are the 六根);(7) 女根 female organ, strīndriya;(8) 男根 male organ, puruṣendriya;(9) 命根 life, jīvitendriya;(10) 苦根 suffering (or pain), duḥkhendriya;(11) 樂根 pleasure, sukhendriya;(12) 憂根 sorrow, daurmanasyendriya;(13) 喜根 joy, saumanas-yendriya;(14) 捨根 abandoning, upekṣendriya (from 10 to 14 they are the 五受);(15) 信根 faith, śraddhendriya;(16) 精進根 zeal, vīryendriya;(17) 念根 memory, smṛtīndriya;(18) 定根 meditation, or trance, samādhīndriya;(19) 慧根 wisdom, prajñendriya (these are the 信等之五根);(20) 未知當知根 the power for learning (the Four Noble Truths) anājñātamājñāsyāmīndriya;(21) 巳知根 the power of having learned (them), ājñendriya;(22) 具知根 the power of perfect knowledge (of them), ājñātādvīndriya (these three are called the 無漏根) .
Chinese Buddhist terms dictionary (Chinese-English). William Edward Soothil and Lewis Hodous. 2006.