本事 běnshi

1. běnshi noun ability; skill
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 本领 (ABC 'běnshi' 本事 n, p. 38; CC-CEDICT '本事'; Guoyu '本事' běnshi)
2. běnshì noun source material
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'běnshì' 本事 n 2, p. 39; CC-CEDICT '本事')
3. běnshì noun this matter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'běnshì' 本事 n 1, p. 39; CC-CEDICT '本事'; Guoyu '本事' běnshì 2)
4. běnshì noun a tale; a story; a plot in a play or song
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '本事'; Guoyu '本事' běnshì 1)
5. běnshì noun stories of past lives; itivrttaka
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: itivṛttaka, Pali: itivuttaka; Tibetan: de lta bu byung ba; teachings by the Buddha about the causes and conditions of his disciples' past lives; one of the 十二部经 'twelve divisions of the sutras' (BCSD '本事', p. 643; BL 'itivṛttaka', p. 375; FGDB '本事'; SH '本事經', p. 189; Tzu Chuang 2012, pp. 329-332)
6. běnshì noun ingredients; dravya
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dravya (BCSD '本事', p. 643; MW 'dravya')

Contained in

• 本事经(本事經) Itivṛttakasūtra; Benshi Jing
• 本事分 main section
• 十二部经; 1. 长行 2. 重颂 3. 孤起 4. 譬喻5. 因缘 6. 无问自说 7. 本生 8. 本事 9. 未曾有 10. 方广 11. 论议 12. 授记(十二部經; 1. 長行 2. 重頌 3. 孤起 4. 譬喻5. 因緣 6. 無問自說 7. 本生 8. 本事 9. 未曾有 10. 方廣 11. 論議 12. 授記) Twelve Divisions of Sutras: 1. Sutra (discourses); 2. Geya (repeated verses); 3. Gatha (verses); 4. Avadana (parables); 5. Nidana (expositions of causes); 6. Udana (unprompted teachings); 7. Jataka (stories of the Buddha’s previous lives); 8. Itivrttaka (stories of the disciples’ previous lives); 9. Abdhutadharma (miracles); 10. Vaipulya (profound teachings); 11. Upadesa (debates); 12. Vyakarana (prophecies)
• 本事与决择(本事與決擇) substances and determinations

Also contained in

本事诗 、 卖本事

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 2 Dasheng Fa Yuan Yi Lin Zhang 大乘法苑義林章 — count: 22
• Scroll 60 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 14 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 11
• Scroll 1 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Zan 妙法蓮華經玄贊 — count: 10
• Scroll 1 Śuraṅgamasamādhisūtra (Fo Shuo Shou Leng Yan Sanmei Jing) 佛說首楞嚴三昧經 — count: 8 , has English translation
• Scroll 4 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Zan 妙法蓮華經玄贊 — count: 8
• Scroll 10 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Wen Ju 妙法蓮華經文句 — count: 7
• Scroll 8 Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記 — count: 7
• Scroll 12 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 6
• Scroll 6 The Lotus Sutra (Tian Pin Miaofa Lianhua Jing) - alternate translation 添品妙法蓮華經 — count: 6

Collocations

• 本事海 (本事海) 照一切佛無量本事海 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 53 — count: 22
• 作本事 (作本事) 若即是一者即作本事 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Da Ban Niepan Jing) 大般泥洹經, Scroll 5 — count: 16
• 本事品 (本事品) 若有人聞是藥王菩薩本事品者 — The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) 妙法蓮華經, Scroll 6 — count: 14
• 药王菩萨本事 (藥王菩薩本事) 妙法蓮華經藥王菩薩本事品第二十三 — The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) 妙法蓮華經, Scroll 6 — count: 12
• 本事品第 (本事品第) 妙法蓮華經藥王菩薩本事品第二十三 — The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) 妙法蓮華經, Scroll 6 — count: 12
• 本事影像 (本事影像) 隨順積集本事影像相應行海 — Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
• 说本事 (說本事) 今現在為四眾說本事法 — Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經, Scroll 8 — count: 10
• 本事果报 (本事果報) 皆從精進波羅蜜本事果報生 — Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra (Luomojia Jing) 佛說羅摩伽經, Scroll 3 — count: 8
• 本事品第一 (本事品第一) 本事品第一 — Abhidharmadhātukāyapādaśāśtra (Apidamo Jie Shen Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨界身足論, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 一切如来本事 (一切如來本事) 說一切如來本事海摩尼王幢 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 60 — count: 6