一切經音義 23.67

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23.67

The heavenly Māra Pāpīyān (天魔波旬: Fully stated as *devamāra-pāpīyān*. 'Deva' is translated here as 'heavenly'; 'māra' means hindrance; 'pāpīyān' means sinful and evil. It means this class of beings has taken retribution by birth in a heavenly palace, but by nature delights in urging people to commit evil and retreat from good, preventing them from attaining deliverance).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese