function

出處: Geddes MacGregor, Dictionary of Religion and Philosophy, New York: Paragon House, 1989

解釋:

Function. This term, now much used in symbolic logic, was already employed by Descartes in his analytical geometry in 1637. It was much used by Leibniz, who introduced it into mathematics in 1694. In 1734 Euler employed the now standard notation f(x) for the function of the variable x. The concept of function introduces a number of factors such as variables, values or arguments of the variables, and the rules for assigning values to the variables. Derived from the Latin fungi (to perform or execute) it is used in modern logic to designate an expression involving one or more variable terms the meaning or truth of which is determined when the values of the variables are specified. In the philosophy of religion the term is used accordingly, e.g., one may talk of the function of aesthetic experience in religion or the function of ritual in the Eastern Orthodox Church contradistinguished from its function in Zen Buddhism.

出處: A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

解釋: function : (nt.) kicca; anuṭṭhāna; indriyabala. (m.) kiriyāvidhi; niyamitādhikāra. (v.i.) (sakakiccaṃ) sādheti or sampādeti. (pp.) sādhita; sampādita.

 

出處: Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, Charles Muller, Tokyo Gakuen University, 1997

解釋:

 業用 [py] yèyòng [wg] yeh-yung [ko] 업용 ŏbyong [ja] ゴヨウ gōyō ||| Function, activity, action. 'Karmic activity.' (kriyā). 4. 用 [py] yòng [wg] yung [ko] 용 yong [ja] ヨウ yō ||| (1) To use, make use of; employ; (2) To use up; to consume. (3) To; so as to. With, by, thereby; by means of (以). (4) To apply, to put into practice. (5) Function, action, activity. [Buddhism] 'Use', 'function.'

頁數: [Dictionary References] Naka408d [Credit] cmuller(entry) cwittern(py)

出處: Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, Charles Muller, Tokyo Gakuen University, 1997

解釋: (1) In Buddhism, as well as the other East Asian philosophies、yong is usually mentioned in contrast to ti (體 essence). In this case, "essence" refers to the inner nature of something, whīe "function" refers to its outward manifest aspects. (2) Enjoyment (esp. of given things) (paribhoga). (3) Action, function, activity (vrtti, krtya, kriyā). (4) True practice; being absorbed in. (5) To necessitate. (6) The ability of the teacher to instruct the student according to his individual capacity. (7) An indication of the accusative case (taking something and...).

頁數: [Dictionary References] Naka1392a Iwa811 [Credit] cmuller(entry) cwittern(py)