noun
past, present and future; three states of existence
Buddhist term referring to the three temporal states of existence. Often used in doctrinal or philosophical contexts.
See also: 三世 (さんぜ)
過現未の三世にわたる因果を説く。
It expounds causality across the three states of past, present, and future.
この経典では過現未のすべての
This sutra praises all buddhas of the past, present, and future.
三世 is a more common Buddhist term for the three worlds (past, present, future), while 過現未 is a less frequent, more technical compound explicitly listing the three.
Compound of 過 (past), 現 (present), and 未 (future). A technical Buddhist term.