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There are 18 total results for your Dark One search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
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二女

see styles
èr nǚ
    er4 nv3
erh nü
 nijo
    にじょ
second daughter
The two sisters, one the deva 功德女 "merit" or "achieving", who causes people to acquire wealth; the other, 黑闇女 the "dark" one, who causes them to spend and waste; these sisters always accompany each other.

十二

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shí èr
    shi2 er4
shih erh
 tooji
    とおじ
twelve; 12
12; twelve; (given name) Tooji
dvātriṃśa. Thirty-two. 三十二應 (or 三十二身) The thirty-two forms of Guanyin, and of Puxian, ranging from that of a Buddha to that of a man, a maid, a rakṣas; similar to the thirty-three forms named in the Lotus Sūtra. 三十二相三十二大人相 dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇa. The thirty-two lakṣaṇas, or physical marks of a cakravartī, or 'wheel-king', especially of the Buddha, i. e. level feet, thousand-spoke wheel-sign on feet, long slender fingers, pliant hands and feet, toes and fingers finely webbed, full-sized heels, arched insteps, thighs like a royal stag, hands reaching below the knees well-retracted male organ, height and stretch of arms equal, every hair-root dark coloured, body hair graceful and curly, golden-hued body, a 10 ft. halo around him, soft smooth skin, the 七處, i. e. two soles, two palms, two shoulders, and crown well rounded, below the armpits well-filled, lion-shaped body, erect, full shoulders, forty teeth, teeth white even and close, the four canine teeth pure white, lion-jawed, saliva improving the taste of all food, tongue long and broad, voice deep and resonant, eyes deep blue, eyelashes like a royal bull, a white ūrnā or curl between the eyebrows emitting light, an uṣṇīṣa or fleshy protuberance on the crown. These are from the 三藏法數 48, with which the 智度論 4, 涅盤經 28, 中阿含經, 三十ニ相經 generally agree. The 無量義經 has a different list. 三十二相經 The eleventh chapter of the 阿含經. 三十二相經願 The twenty-first of Amitābha's vows, v. 無量壽經. 三十三 trayastriṃśat. Thirty-three. 三十三天忉利天; 憺梨天, 多羅夜登陵舍; 憺利夜登陵奢; 憺利耶憺利奢 Trayastriṃśas. The Indra heaven, the second of the six heavens of form. Its capital is situated on the summit of Mt. Sumeru, where Indra rules over his thirty-two devas, who reside on thirty-two peaks of Sumeru, eight in each of the four directons. Indra's capital is called 殊勝 Sudarśana, 喜見城 Joy-view city. Its people are a yojana in height, each one's clothing weighs 六鐵 (1; 4 oz. ), and they live 1, 000 years, a day and night being equal to 100 earthly years. Eitel says Indra's heaven 'tallies in all its details with the Svarga of Brahminic mythology' and suggests that 'the whole myth may have an astronomical meaning', or be connected, with 'the atmosphere with its phenomena, which strengthens Koeppen's hypothesis explaining the number thirty-three as referring to the eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology'. In his palace called Vaijayanta 'Indra is enthroned with 1, 000 eyes with four arms grasping the vajra. There he revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife Śacī... and with 119, 000 concubines with whom he associates by means of transformation'.; dvādaśa, twelve.

十心

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shí xīn
    shi2 xin1
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve).

紺珠

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 kanju
    かんじゅ
dark blue gem allowing one to recall memories when stroked with one's hand (allegedly possessed by Zhang Yue)

手弄り

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 temasaguri
    てまさぐり
(noun/participle) (1) playing with something with one's fingers; (2) searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)

熊貓眼


熊猫眼

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xióng māo yǎn
    xiong2 mao1 yan3
hsiung mao yen
to have dark circles under one's eyes; to have eyes like a panda

重屏禁

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 juuheikin / juhekin
    じゅうへいきん
solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

黑眼圈

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hēi yǎn quān
    hei1 yan3 quan1
hei yen ch`üan
    hei yen chüan
dark circles (under one's eyes); black eye

黒歴史

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 kurorekishi
    くろれきし
(net-sl) dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

不遇時代

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 fuguujidai / fugujidai
    ふぐうじだい
one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity

十二火天

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shí èr huǒ tiān
    shi2 er4 huo3 tian1
shih erh huo t`ien
    shih erh huo tien
 jūnikaten
The homa-, or fire-spirits; Whose representations, colours, magic words, signs, symbols, and mode of worship are given in the 大日經疏20. Also 十二火尊; 十二種火法. The twelve fire-spirits are: (1) Indra or Vairocana, the discoverer or source of fire, symbolizing 智 knowledge; (2) the moon 行滿 which progresses to fullness, with mercy as root and enlightenment as fruit, i,e. Buddha; (3) the wind, represented as a half-moon, fanner of fame, of zeal, and by driving away dark clouds, of enlightenment; (4) the red rays of the rising sun, rohitaka, his swords (or rays) indicating 議 wisdom; (5) 沒M004101拏 a form half stern, half smiling, sternly driving away the passions and trials; (6) 忿怒 irate, bellowing with open mouth, showing four teeth, flowing locks, one eye closed; (7) 闍吒羅 fire burning within, i.e. the inner witness, or realization; (8) 迄灑耶 the waster, or destroyer of waste and injurious products within, i.e. inner purification; (9) 意生 the producer at will, capable of all variety, resembling Viśvakarman, the Brahmanic Vulcan; (10) 羯羅微 the fire-eater; (11) untraceable; (12) 謨賀那 the completer, also the subduer of demons.

棄暗投明


弃暗投明

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qì àn tóu míng
    qi4 an4 tou2 ming2
ch`i an t`ou ming
    chi an tou ming
to renounce the dark and seek the light; to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one

闇に鉄砲

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 yaminiteppou / yaminiteppo
    やみにてっぽう
(exp,n) (idiom) doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is; a rifle in the dark

手まさぐり

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 temasaguri
    てまさぐり
(noun/participle) (1) playing with something with one's fingers; (2) searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)

一條路走到黑


一条路走到黑

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yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
    yi1 tiao2 lu4 zou3 dao4 hei1
i t`iao lu tsou tao hei
    i tiao lu tsou tao hei
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom); fig. to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course

一髻羅刹王菩薩


一髻罗刹王菩萨

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yī jì luó chà wáng pú sà
    yi1 ji4 luo2 cha4 wang2 pu2 sa4
i chi lo ch`a wang p`u sa
    i chi lo cha wang pu sa
 ikkeirasetsu ō bosatsu
The four-handed, dark-blue rakṣaḥ with the flame of fire coming out of his head, a bodhisattva in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala.

Variations:
手弄り
手まさぐり

see styles
 temasaguri
    てまさぐり
(noun/participle) (1) playing with something with one's fingers; (noun/participle) (2) searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)

暗がりから牛を引き出す

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 kuragarikaraushiohikidasu
    くらがりからうしをひきだす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to drive black hogs in the dark; to be unable to distinguish one thing from another; to come out from the darkness with a cow

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

This page contains 18 results for "Dark One" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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