Hsing: 1 definition
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Hsing means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Hsing in China is the name of a plant defined with Armeniaca vulgaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Prunus armeniaca L..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Encycl. (1783)
· Bulletin of Botanical Research, Harbin (1989)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (2000)
· Synopsis Florae Germanicae et Helveticae (1837)
· Methodus Plantarum (1754)
· Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (1986)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
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Ends with: Chu Shih-hsing, So hsing, Wang pu liu hsing, Yin hsing.
Full-text: Yu hsing tsao, So hsing, Yin hsing, Wang pu liu hsing, Trimudra, Kumarajiva, Diamond Sutra.
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Search found 6 books and stories containing Hsing; (plurals include: Hsings). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The 6th Patriarch Platform Sutra
Introduction to the Platform Sutra
Chapter VIII - The Sudden School and the Gradual School
The Spirit of Chinese Painting < [April 1951]
Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature (by Truong Thi Thuy La)
3.4 (c): Hui-Neng and His Disciples < [Chapter 3 - The Dhyāna in Mahāyāna Literature]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 33 - Country of Fan-yen-na (Bamiyan) < [Book I - Thirty-Four Countries]
Chapter 2 - Country of Mo-kie-t’o (Magadha), part 2 < [Book VIII and IX]
Socially Engaged Buddhism (with reference to Australian society) (by Phuong Thi Thu Ngo)
Buddhist Welfare Movements < [Chapter 2]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Translator’s Introduction < [Introduction Text]
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