命根 mìnggēn
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              mìnggēn 
              
              noun 
              the effort to preserve life 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '命根'; Guoyu '命根' 2) - 
              mìnggēn 
              
              noun 
              main root of a plant 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '命根' 1) - 
              mìng gēn 
              
              noun 
              basis for life 
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jīvitendriya, Tibetan: srog gi dbang po; one of the 百法 one hundred dharmas of Yogācāra (Ding '命根'; FGDB '命根'; Lusthaus 2002, p. 544; Mahāvyutpatti 'jīvitendriyam'; SH '命根', p. 252) 
Contained in
- 命根闭塞(命根閉塞) interruption in the life faculty
 
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 48
 - Scroll 3 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 41
 - Scroll 4 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 40
 - Scroll 3 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 39
 - Scroll 16 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 35
 - Scroll 5 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 27
 - Scroll 146 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 25
 - Scroll 27 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 20
 - Scroll 4 Vibhāṣāśāstra (Bing Po Sha Lun) 鞞婆沙論 — count: 19
 - Scroll 2 Cheng Weishi Lun Liaoyi Deng 成唯識論了義燈 — count: 19
 
Collocations
- 命根灭 (命根滅) 譬如諸殞沒者命根滅故諸根隨滅 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 341 — count: 23
 - 边际命根 (邊際命根) 於死邊際命根滅時 — Father and Son Compilation (Fu Zi He Ji Jing) 父子合集經, Scroll 16 — count: 10
 - 坏命根 (壞命根) 致壞命根得其苦惱 — Kāśyapaparivarta (Dajiaye Wen Dabao Ji Zhengfa Jing) 大迦葉問大寶積正法經, Scroll 4 — count: 7
 - 命根死 (命根死) 三壞命根死 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 12 — count: 6
 - 譬如命根 (譬如命根) 譬如命根能持諸根 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 553 — count: 6
 - 命根尽 (命根儘) 此是摩耶夫人命根盡故 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 107 — count: 6
 - 命根断绝 (命根斷絕) 命根斷絕 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
 - 众生命根 (眾生命根) 我等今日害多百千眾生命根 — Avaivartikacakrasūtra (Guangbo Yan Jing Butuizhuan Lun Jing) 佛說廣博嚴淨不退轉輪經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
 - 子命根 (子命根) 時父見子命根已斷 — Chu Yao Jing (Udānavarga) 出曜經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
 - 摩耶夫人命根 (摩耶夫人命根) 此是摩耶夫人命根盡故 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 107 — count: 3