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see
S
KHYA
.

 
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(Jap., ‘the three refuges’): see
THREE JEWELS
.

 
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see
LIN-CHI
.

 
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(Chin., three rulers). Three Taoist deities, rulers of heaven, earth, and water.

 
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San-lun
.

School of the Three Treatises, established in China by
Kum
raj
va
(344–413 CE), the Kuchean monk who translated the three treatises—Treatise on the Middle, Treatise on the Twelve Gates, Treatise in One Hundred Verses—into Chinese. The school was instrumental in introducing the teachings of the Indian philosopher
N
g
rjuna
(2nd cent. CE) concerning the concept of emptiness (
nyat
) to the Chinese. A major exponent of San-lun was
Chi-tsang
.