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牙帳


牙帐

see styles
yá zhàng
    ya2 zhang4
ya chang
tent of the commanding officer; tent capital of a nomadic people

牢問

see styles
 roumon / romon
    ろうもん
(hist) (See 海老責め,石抱き,鞭打ち・1) whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)

物施

see styles
wù shī
    wu4 shi1
wu shih
 busse
One of the three kinds of almsgiving, that of things.

特養

see styles
 tokuyou / tokuyo
    とくよう
(abbreviation) (See 特別養護老人ホーム) intensive-care old people's home

犂星

see styles
 karasukiboshi
    からすきぼし
(obscure) Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

狩る

see styles
 karu
    かる
(transitive verb) to hunt (e.g. animals); to go looking for (e.g. flowers, etc.); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to pick (e.g. fruit)

猟る

see styles
 karu
    かる
(transitive verb) to hunt (e.g. animals); to go looking for (e.g. flowers, etc.); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to pick (e.g. fruit)

獺祭

see styles
 dassai
    だっさい
(1) arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; (2) (orig. meaning) otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

玄同

see styles
 gendou / gendo
    げんどう
(See 和光同塵) hiding one's intelligence to avoid being different from the common people; (surname) Gendou

王五

see styles
wáng wǔ
    wang2 wu3
wang wu
Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry

王膳

see styles
wáng shàn
    wang2 shan4
wang shan
 ōzen
A royal feast referred to in the Lotus Sutra, where the hungry people feared to accept the King's feast till he came himself and called them; i. e. the feast of Buddhahood and the Buddha's call.

理佛

see styles
lǐ fó
    li3 fo2
li fo
 ributsu
The fundamental or intrinsic Buddha, i.e. the dharmakāya; also the Tiantai doctrine of Buddha as immanent in all beings, even those of the three lowest orders; which doctrine is also called 素法身 the plain, or undeveloped dharmakāya.

甄陶

see styles
zhēn táo
    zhen1 tao2
chen t`ao
    chen tao
to make something of clay; to appraise people of talent

生死

see styles
shēng sǐ
    sheng1 si3
sheng ssu
 seishi(p); shouji; shoushi / seshi(p); shoji; shoshi
    せいし(P); しょうじ; しょうし
life or death
(1) life and death; life or death; (2) (しょうじ, しょうし only) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (3) (しょうじ, しょうし only) death
saṃsāra: birth and death: rebirth and redeath; life and death; 生死, 死生; 生生死死 ever-recurring saṃsāra or transmigrations; the round of mortality. There are two, three, four, seven, and twelve kinds of 生死; the two are 分斷生死 the various karmaic transmigrations, and 不思義變易生死 (or simply 變易生死) the inconceivable transformation life in the Pure Land. Among the twelve are final separation from mortality of the arhat, with 無餘 no remains of it causing return; one final death and no rebirth of the anāgāmin; the seven advancing rebirths of the srota-āpanna; down to the births-cum-deaths of hungry ghosts.

生田

see styles
shēng tián
    sheng1 tian2
sheng t`ien
    sheng tien
 namata
    なまた
(surname) Namata
The three regions 三界 of the constant round of rebirth.

生霊

see styles
 seirei / sere
    せいれい
    ikiryou / ikiryo
    いきりょう
    ikisudama
    いきすだま
(1) vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelganger; co-walker; wraith; (2) mankind; souls; people; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelganger; co-walker; wraith

生靈


生灵

see styles
shēng líng
    sheng1 ling2
sheng ling
 seirei
(literary) the people; living thing; creature
The mind or intelligence of the living; a living intelligent being; a living soul.

用人

see styles
yòng rén
    yong4 ren2
yung jen
 younin / yonin
    ようにん
servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
(1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person

由三

see styles
yóu sān
    you2 san1
yu san
 yoshizou / yoshizo
    よしぞう
(given name) Yoshizou
based on three

界內


界内

see styles
jien ei
    jien4 ei4
jien ei
 kainai
Within the region, limited, within the confines of the 三界, i. e. the three regions of desire, form, and formlessness, and not reaching out to the infinite.

界外

see styles
jiè wài
    jie4 wai4
chieh wai
 kaige
    かいげ
(place-name, surname) Kaige
The pure realms, or illimitable 'spiritual' regions of the Buddhas outside the three limitations of desire, form, and formlessness.

界繫


界系

see styles
jiè xì
    jie4 xi4
chieh hsi
 kaike
The karma which binds to the finite, i. e. to any one of the three regions.

界趣

see styles
jiè qù
    jie4 qu4
chieh ch`ü
    chieh chü
 kai shu
The three regions (desire, form, and formlessness) and the six paths (gati), i. e. the spheres of transmigration.

疾苦

see styles
jí kǔ
    ji2 ku3
chi k`u
    chi ku
 shikku
    しっく
pain and difficulties; suffering (of the people)
(noun/participle) affliction; suffering

病友

see styles
bìng yǒu
    bing4 you3
ping yu
 byouyuu / byoyu
    びょうゆう
a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital; wardmate
sick friend; fellow patient

痛車

see styles
 itasha
    いたしゃ
(colloquialism) (joc) car painted with anime characters; painful car (because some people consider it painful to look at)

痴凡

see styles
chī fán
    chi1 fan2
ch`ih fan
    chih fan
痴子 The common, unenlightened people.

痴毒

see styles
chī dú
    chi1 du2
ch`ih tu
    chih tu
The poison of ignorance, or delusion, one of the three poisons.

癡凡

see styles
chī fán
    chi1 fan2
ch`ih fan
    chih fan
 chibon
unenlightened people

発声

see styles
 hassei / hasse
    はっせい
(n,vs,vi) (1) utterance; speaking; vocalization; vocalisation; (n,vs,vi) (2) leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)

發交


发交

see styles
fā jiāo
    fa1 jiao1
fa chiao
to issue and deliver (to people)

白衣

see styles
bái yī
    bai2 yi1
pai i
 hakui(p); byakue; byakui; hakue; shirokinu; shiroginu
    はくい(P); びゃくえ; びゃくい; はくえ; しろきぬ; しろぎぬ
(1) white clothes; white robe; (2) (はくい only) white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); (3) (はくい, はくえ only) (hist) commoner without rank (in ancient China); (4) (びゃくえ, はくえ, しろきぬ, しろぎぬ only) (ant: 緇衣・しえ・2) layperson
White clothing, said to be that of Brahmans and other people, hence it and 白俗 are terms for the common people. It is a name also for Guanyin.

百姓

see styles
bǎi xìng
    bai3 xing4
pai hsing
 hyakusei / hyakuse
    ひゃくせい
common people
the common people

百家

see styles
bǎi jiā
    bai3 jia1
pai chia
 hyakka
    ひゃっか
many schools of thought; many people or households
(See 諸子百家) many scholars; (surname) Momoka
all the philosophers

百濟


百济

see styles
bǎi jì
    bai3 ji4
pai chi
 kudara
    くだら
Paekche or Baekje (18 BC-660 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
(surname) Kudara

百界

see styles
bǎi jiè
    bai3 jie4
pai chieh
 hyakkai
The ten realms each of ten divisions, so called by the Tiantai school, i. e. of hells, ghosts, animals, asuras, men, devas, śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. Each of the hundred has ten qualities, making in all 百界千如 the thousand qualities of the hundred realms; this 1, 000 being multiplied by the three of past, present, future, there are 3, 000; to behold these 3, 000 in an instant is called 一念三千 (一念三千之觀法) and the sphere envisaged is the 百界千如.

百論


百论

see styles
bǎi lùn
    bai3 lun4
pai lun
 Hyakuron
Śataśāstra. One of the 三論 'three śāstras' of the Mādhyamika school, so called because of its 100 verses, each of 32 words; attributed to Deva Bodhisattva, it was written in Sanskrit by Vasubandhu and tr. by Kumārajīva, but the versions differ. There is also the 廣百論本 Catuḥśataka [Catuḥśatakaśāstrakarika], an expansion of the above.

皮多

see styles
 kawata
    かわた
(kana only) (derogatory term) lowly people (Edo period); eta

皮實


皮实

see styles
pí shi
    pi2 shi5
p`i shih
    pi shih
(of things) durable; (of people) sturdy; tough

皮田

see styles
 kawada
    かわだ
(kana only) (derogatory term) lowly people (Edo period); eta; (surname) Kawada

益人

see styles
 masuhito
    ますひと
(archaism) (See 天の益人) people; subjects; populace; (personal name) Masuhito

盲流

see styles
máng liú
    mang2 liu2
mang liu
(PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities; rural migrant without definite prospects; drifter

直道

see styles
zhí dào
    zhi2 dao4
chih tao
 chokudou / chokudo
    ちょくどう
straight path (that people should take); straight road; (given name) Naomichi
The direct way (to nirvana and Buddha-land).

相待

see styles
xiāng dài
    xiang1 dai4
hsiang tai
 soudai / sodai
    そうだい
to treat
{Buddh} (See 絶待) existing in opposition or interdependence
The doctrine of mutual dependence or relativity of all things for their existence, e. g. the triangle depends on its three lines, the eye on things having colour and form, long on short.

相輿

see styles
 aigoshi
    あいごし
(archaism) two people riding in a palanquin together

眾望


众望

see styles
zhòng wàng
    zhong4 wang4
chung wang
people's expectations

瞿沙

see styles
jù shā
    ju4 sha1
chü sha
 gusha
ghoṣa, murmur; sound of voices, etc., noise, roar; tr. sound of speaking, and 妙音; 美音 beautiful voice or speech; name of a famous dialectician and preacher who is accredited with restoration of sight to Dharmavivardhana, i.e. Kuṇāla, son of Aśoka, "by washing his eyes with the tears of people who were moved by his eloquence." Eitel. Also author of the Abhidharmāmṛta śāstra, which is called瞿沙經.

知人

see styles
zhī rén
    zhi1 ren2
chih jen
 chijin
    ちじん
friend; acquaintance; (personal name) Tomohito
know people as individuals

知衆


知众

see styles
zhī zhòng
    zhi1 zhong4
chih chung
 chishu
know the various classes of people

短大

see styles
 tandai
    たんだい
(abbreviation) (See 短期大学) junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

石人

see styles
 sekijin; ishihito
    せきじん; いしひと
stone image of people; (given name) Sekijin

石弓

see styles
 ishiyumi
    いしゆみ
(1) crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); (2) netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; (3) slingshot; catapult

社区

see styles
 shaku
    しゃく
residential community (administrative district of the People's Republic of China)

神剣

see styles
 shinken
    しんけん
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)

神器

see styles
shén qì
    shen2 qi4
shen ch`i
    shen chi
 jingi; shinki; shingi(ok)
    じんぎ; しんき; しんぎ(ok)
magical object; object symbolic of imperial power; fine weapon; very useful tool
(1) (See 三種の神器・1) sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); (2) implement used in religious ceremonies

神鏡

see styles
 shinkyou / shinkyo
    しんきょう
divine mirror; sacred mirror (one of the three sacred treasures)

禿發


秃发

see styles
tū fā
    tu1 fa1
t`u fa
    tu fa
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people

移情

see styles
yí qíng
    yi2 qing2
i ch`ing
    i ching
to redirect one's affections; (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character; empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object); transference (psychology)

程昱

see styles
chéng yù
    cheng2 yu4
ch`eng yü
    cheng yü
Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era

稗史

see styles
 haishi
    はいし
(See 稗官) people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel)

稗官

see styles
bài guān
    bai4 guan1
pai kuan
 haikan
    はいかん
(old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about; novel in the vernacular; fiction writer; novelist
(See 稗史) petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China)

積聚


积聚

see styles
jī jù
    ji1 ju4
chi chü
 shakujū
to coalesce; to gather together; to amass
heap

積集


积集

see styles
jī jí
    ji1 ji2
chi chi
 shakushū
to gather

穢多

see styles
 eta
    えた
(ateji / phonetic) (vulgar) one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses)

穴場

see styles
 anaba
    あなば
(1) good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret; hidden gem of a place; (2) (colloquialism) betting booth (at a racecourse); (surname) Anaba

空教

see styles
kōng jiào
    kong1 jiao4
k`ung chiao
    kung chiao
 kuukyou / kukyo
    くうきょう
(given name) Kuukyō
The teaching that all is unreal. The 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa School divided Buddha's teaching into three periods: (1) the Hīnayāna period, teaching that 法有 things are real; (2) the 般若 prajñā period, that 法 空things are unreal; (3) the Huayan and Lotus period of the middle or transcendental doctrine 中道教.

空諦


空谛

see styles
kōng dì
    kong1 di4
k`ung ti
    kung ti
 kuutai / kutai
    くうたい
{Buddh} (See 三諦) truth of emptiness (holding that all things are void)
The doctrine of immateriality, one of the three dogmas of Tiantai, that all things animate and inanimate, seeing that they result from previous causes and are without reality in themselves, are therefore 空or not material, but "spiritual".

窮人


穷人

see styles
qióng rén
    qiong2 ren2
ch`iung jen
    chiung jen
poor people; the poor

窮民

see styles
 kyuumin / kyumin
    きゅうみん
poor people; the poor

窺う

see styles
 ukagau
    うかがう
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to peep (through); to peek; to examine (esp. covertly); (2) (kana only) to await (one's chance); (3) (kana only) to guess; to infer; to gather; to surmise

立体

see styles
 rittai
    りったい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) solid body; three-dimensional object; (2) (abbreviation) (See 立体駐車場) multi-storey car park

立功

see styles
lì gōng
    li4 gong1
li kung
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself

立德

see styles
lì dé
    li4 de2
li te
to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3])

立言

see styles
lì yán
    li4 yan2
li yen
 ritsugen
    りつげん
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to expound one's theory
(n,vs,vi) expression of one's views
assert

立體


立体

see styles
lì tǐ
    li4 ti3
li t`i
    li ti
three-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic
See: 立体

粛慎

see styles
 mishihase; ashihase
    みしはせ; あしはせ
(hist) Mishihase (ancient ethnic group of people who lived in northern Japan)

粵繡


粤绣

see styles
yuè xiù
    yue4 xiu4
yüeh hsiu
Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

糸魚

see styles
 itoyo; itoyo
    いとよ; イトヨ
(kana only) three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus); (place-name) Itoyo

糾眾


纠众

see styles
jiū zhòng
    jiu1 zhong4
chiu chung
to muster; to gather a crowd

糾集


纠集

see styles
jiū jí
    jiu1 ji2
chiu chi
to gather together; to muster

約分


约分

see styles
yuē fēn
    yue1 fen1
yüeh fen
 yakubun
    やくぶん
reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths); to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator
(noun, transitive verb) {math} reduction (of a fraction to its lowest terms)

約集


约集

see styles
yuē jí
    yue1 ji2
yüeh chi
to gather at an appointed place and time

紙馬


纸马

see styles
zhǐ mǎ
    zhi3 ma3
chih ma
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals

組み

see styles
 kumi
    くみ
(n,n-suf) (1) set (of items); (2) group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team; (3) typesetting; composition

結界


结界

see styles
jié jiè
    jie2 jie4
chieh chieh
 kekkai
    けっかい
(Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained; a place so designated; (fantasy fiction) force field; invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 "kekkai")
(1) {Buddh} (fixing) boundaries for religious practices; (2) {Buddh} prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); (3) {Buddh} fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (4) (archaism) (See 帳場格子) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; (5) (colloquialism) (esp. in games, manga, etc.) barrier; dimensional barrier; containment zone; containment barrier; mystical barrier
A fixed place, or territory; a definite area; to fix a place for a monastery, or an altar; a determined number, e.g. for an assembly of monks; a limit. It is a term specially used by the esoteric sects for an altar and its area, altars being of five different shapes.

結集


结集

see styles
jié jí
    jie2 ji2
chieh chi
 kesshuu / kesshu
    けっしゅう
(n,vs,vt,vi) concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
The collection and fixing of the Buddhist canon; especially the first assembly which gathered to recite the scriptures, Saṅgīti. Six assemblies for creation or revision of the canon are named, the first at the Pippala cave at Rājagṛha under Ajātaśatru, the second at Vaiśālī, the third at Pāṭaliputra under Aśoka, the fourth in Kashmir under Kaniṣka, the fifth at the Vulture Peak for the Mahāyāna, and the sixth for the esoteric canon. The first is sometimes divided into two, that of those within 'the cave', and that of those without, i.e. the intimate disciples, and the greater assembly without; the accounts are conflicting and unreliable. The notable three disciples to whom the first reciting is attributed are Kāśyapa, as presiding elder, Ānanda for the Sūtras and the Abhidharma, and Upāli for the Vinaya; others attribute the Abhidharma to Pūrṇa, or Kāśyapa; but, granted the premises, whatever form their work may have taken, it cannot have been that of the existing Tripiṭaka. The fifth and sixth assemblies are certainly imaginary.

絞る

see styles
 shiboru
    しぼる
(transitive verb) (1) to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; (2) to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk; (3) to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); (4) to extort; to exploit; (5) to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; (6) to drill into; to train; (7) to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down; (8) to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring); (9) to stop down (lens); (10) to turn down (e.g. radio); (11) to bend (bow); to draw; (12) (sumo) to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize

綁樁


绑桩

see styles
bǎng zhuāng
    bang3 zhuang1
pang chuang
(Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)

線條


线条

see styles
xiàn tiáo
    xian4 tiao2
hsien t`iao
    hsien tiao
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)

編班


编班

see styles
biān bān
    bian1 ban1
pien pan
to group students into classes; to divide people (staff members etc) into groups

練磨


练磨

see styles
liàn mó
    lian4 mo2
lien mo
 renma
    れんま
(noun/participle) training; practice; practising; cultivation
To drill and grind, three bodhisattava conditions for maintaining progress: the fixing of attention on those who have attained enlightenment; the examination of one's purpose; and the realization of the power at work in others; v. 三退屈.

縱隊


纵队

see styles
zòng duì
    zong4 dui4
tsung tui
column; file (formation of people) (CL:列[lie4],路[lu4]); PLA army corps (1946-1949) (CL:個|个[ge4])

繞佛


绕佛

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rào fó
    rao4 fo2
jao fo
 nyōbutsu
To go three times around the Buddha to his right in worship.

罵人


骂人

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mà rén
    ma4 ren2
ma jen
to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone

羅緻


罗致

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luó zhì
    luo2 zhi4
lo chih
to employ; to recruit (talented personnel); to gather together (a team)

羅致


罗致

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luó zhì
    luo2 zhi4
lo chih
 rachi
    らち
to employ; to recruit (talented personnel); to gather together (a team)
(noun/participle) (1) (obsolete) gathering up (talented or well-respected) people; (noun/participle) (2) (obsolete) (See 拉致・らち) taking captive

群俗

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 gunzoku
    ぐんぞく
(See 民衆) the masses; the people; populace

群像

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 gunzou / gunzo
    ぐんぞう
(1) (See 青春群像) lively group (esp. of young people); dynamic bunch; (2) {art} group

群嘲

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qún cháo
    qun2 chao2
ch`ün ch`ao
    chün chao
(neologism c. 2011) to deride a group of people; (of a group of people) to deride (sb)

群盲

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qún máng
    qun2 mang2
ch`ün mang
    chün mang
 gunmou / gunmo
    ぐんもう
(1) the blind masses; the ignorant masses; the unenlightened masses; (2) (orig. meaning) many blind people
blind masses

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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