Drishtyogha, Dṛṣṭyogha, Drishti-ogha: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Dṛṣṭyogha can be transliterated into English as Drstyogha or Drishtyogha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Buddhist philosophy

Dṛṣṭyogha (दृष्ट्योघ) refers to the “afflicted views flood” and represents one of the four floods (ogha), according to Dharmaśrī’s Abhidharmahṛdaya 86 and the Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya 196, 200-3.—The ninety-eight proclivities (anuśaya) with the ten envelopments (paryavasthāna) constitute, according to the sūtra: [e.g., the afflicted views flood (dṛṣṭyogha)] [...].—Accordingly, “[...] There are: (1) The desire flood (kāmaugha) = five attachments, five hostilities, five conceits, four doubts and ten envelopments: in total twenty-nine real entities. (2). The existence flood (bhavaugha) = ten attachments, ten conceits, eight doubts = twenty-eight real entities. (3). The afflicted views flood (dṛṣṭyogha) = twelve afflicted views of the three realms = thirty-six real entities. (4). The ignorance flood (avidyaugha) = five ignorances of the three realms = fifteen real entities. [...]”.

Source: Google Books: Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya of Vasubandhu
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Dṛṣṭyogha (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 見暴流 [jiàn bào liú]: “raging current of (false) views”.

Note: dṛṣṭyogha can be alternatively written as: dṛṣṭy-ogha.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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