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Simple Dictionary Definition |
列子 see styles |
liè zǐ lie4 zi3 lieh tzu retsuko れつこ |
More info & calligraphy: Liezi(female given name) Retsuko |
五月雨 see styles |
samidare; satsukiame さみだれ; さつきあめ |
More info & calligraphy: Samidare |
盧瑟福 卢瑟福 see styles |
lú sè fú lu2 se4 fu2 lu se fu |
More info & calligraphy: Rutherford |
アーリー see styles |
aarii / ari アーリー |
More info & calligraphy: Arleigh |
アンジョ see styles |
anjo アンジョ |
More info & calligraphy: Anjo |
ドミンゴ see styles |
domingo ドミンゴ |
More info & calligraphy: Domingo |
夙 see styles |
sù su4 su hayashi はやし |
morning; early; long-held; long-cherished (adverb) (kana only) a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning); outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period; (given name) Hayashi |
早 see styles |
zǎo zao3 tsao haya はや |
early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely (adverb) (1) already; now; by this time; (n-pref,n-suf,n) (2) quick; early; fast; rapid; (surname) Hayazaki Early; morning. |
初冬 see styles |
chū dōng chu1 dong1 ch`u tung chu tung shotou; hatsufuyu / shoto; hatsufuyu しょとう; はつふゆ |
early winter (adv,n) (1) early winter; (adv,n) (2) (obsolete) tenth month of the lunar calendar |
初夏 see styles |
chū xià chu1 xia4 ch`u hsia chu hsia shoka(p); hatsunatsu しょか(P); はつなつ |
early summer (1) early summer; (2) (しょか only) (obsolete) fourth month of the lunar calendar; (female given name) Motoka |
初年 see styles |
chū nián chu1 nian2 ch`u nien chu nien shonen しょねん |
early years (n,adv) first year; early years (of a reign or era); (personal name) Hatsutoshi |
初秋 see styles |
chū qiū chu1 qiu1 ch`u ch`iu chu chiu shoshuu; hatsuaki / shoshu; hatsuaki しょしゅう; はつあき |
early autumn; 7th month of the lunar calendar (1) early autumn (fall); (2) (しょしゅう only) (obsolete) (See 文月) seventh month of the lunar calendar; (given name) Hatsuaki |
前期 see styles |
qián qī qian2 qi1 ch`ien ch`i chien chi zenki ぜんき |
preceding period; early stage (n,adj-no,adv) (ant: 後期) first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period |
早婚 see styles |
zǎo hūn zao3 hun1 tsao hun soukon / sokon そうこん |
to marry too early (ant: 晩婚) early marriage; marrying young |
早春 see styles |
zǎo chūn zao3 chun1 tsao ch`un tsao chun soushun / soshun そうしゅん |
early spring (adv,n) early spring; (given name) Hajimu |
早期 see styles |
zǎo qī zao3 qi1 tsao ch`i tsao chi souki / soki そうき |
early period; early phase; early stage (noun - becomes adjective with の) early stage |
早熟 see styles |
zǎo shú zao3 shu2 tsao shu soujuku / sojuku そうじゅく |
precocious; early-maturing (n,adj-na,adj-no) (See 晩熟) precocity; early ripening; premature development |
早秋 see styles |
zǎo qiū zao3 qiu1 tsao ch`iu tsao chiu soushuu / soshu そうしゅう |
early autumn early autumn; (female given name) Saaki |
早退 see styles |
zǎo tuì zao3 tui4 tsao t`ui tsao tui soutai / sotai そうたい |
to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time); to retire early (from one's job) (n,vs,vi) leaving early |
早逝 see styles |
zǎo shì zao3 shi4 tsao shih sousei / sose そうせい |
early demise; untimely death (noun/participle) dying young; early death |
早霜 see styles |
zǎo shuāng zao3 shuang1 tsao shuang hayajimo はやじも |
early frost early frost |
梅雨 see styles |
méi yǔ mei2 yu3 mei yü mayu まゆ |
East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) (1) rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July); (2) rain during the rainy season; (female given name) Mayu |
嚏 see styles |
tì ti4 t`i ti kussame くっさめ kushami くしゃみ kusame くさめ |
sneeze (kana only) sneeze; (1) (kana only) sneeze; (expression) (2) (idiom) (kana only) spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death |
嚔 see styles |
tì ti4 t`i ti kussame くっさめ kushami くしゃみ kusame くさめ |
variant of 嚏[ti4] (kana only) sneeze; (1) (kana only) sneeze; (expression) (2) (idiom) (kana only) spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death |
宵 see styles |
xiāo xiao1 hsiao yoi よい |
night evening; early night hours; (surname, female given name) Yoi |
宿 see styles |
xiù xiu4 hsiu yado やど |
constellation (1) lodging; inn; hotel; (2) house; home; dwelling; (3) home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.); (surname) Yado A halting-place; to pass the night, sojourn, stay; early, former; left over; nakṣatra, the constellations. |
晙 see styles |
jun jun4 chün |
(literary) early morning; (literary) bright; (used in names) |
曦 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi |
(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning) |
秜 see styles |
nì ni4 ni |
early-maturing rice |
稑 see styles |
lù lu4 lu |
late-planted early-ripening grain |
稙 see styles |
zhí zhi2 chih |
early-planted crop |
穋 see styles |
lù lu4 lu |
late-planted early-ripening grain |
穜 see styles |
tóng tong2 t`ung tung |
early-planted late-ripening grain |
藩 see styles |
fān fan1 fan han はん |
fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2] (n,n-suf) (hist) han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province; (given name) Mamoru |
食 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shoku(p); jiki(ok); shi(ok) しょく(P); じき(ok); し(ok) |
to feed (a person or animal) (1) food; foodstuff; (2) (しょく only) eating; appetite; (n,ctr) (3) (しょく only) meal; portion āhāra, 阿賀羅 food; to eat, feed. The rules are numerous, and seem to have changed; originally flesh food was not improper and vegetarianism was a later development; the early three rules in regard to 'clean' foods are that 'I shall not have seen the creature killed, nor heard it killed for me, nor have any doubt that it was killed for me'. The five 'unclean' foods are the above three, with creatures that have died a natural death; and creatures that have been killed by other creatures. The nine classes add to the five, creatures not killed for me; raw flesh, or creatures mauled by other creatures; things not seasonable or at the right time; things previously killed. The Laṅkavātāra Sutra and certain other sutras forbid all killed food. |
ＧＷ see styles |
jii daburyuu; jiidaburyuu(sk) / ji daburyu; jidaburyu(sk) ジー・ダブリュー; ジーダブリュー(sk) |
(See ゴールデンウイーク) Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan) |
一六 see styles |
ichiroku いちろく |
(1) (rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice); (2) (abbreviation) (See 一六勝負・1) dice gambling; (3) (slang) (armed) robbery; mugging; (4) (hist) (See 一六日) Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it (when written in kanji numerals, i.e. the 1st, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th days of the month); (given name) Kazuroku |
一早 see styles |
yī zǎo yi1 zao3 i tsao kazusa かずさ |
early in the morning; at dawn (female given name) Kazusa |
七難 七难 see styles |
qīn án qin1 an2 ch`in an chin an shichinan しちなん |
(1) {Buddh} the Seven Misfortunes; (2) great number of faults or defects The seven calamities in the仁王經, 受持品 during which that sūtra should be recited: sun and moon losing their order (eclipses), conste11ations, irregular, fire, flood, wind-storms, drought, brigands Another set is — pestilence, invasion, rebe11ion, unlucky stars, eclipses, too early monsoon, too late monsoon. Another is — fire, flood, rakṣas, misrule, evil spirits, cangue and prison, and robbers. |
三反 see styles |
sān fǎn san1 fan3 san fan mitazaki みたざき |
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 (surname) Mitazaki |
三歸 三归 see styles |
sān guī san1 gui1 san kuei sanki |
Triśaraṇa, or Śaraṇa-gamana. The three surrenders to, or "formulas of refuge" in, the Three Precious Ones 三賓, i.e. to the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法, the Saṅgha 僧. The three formulas are 歸依佛 Buddham śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi, 歸依法 Dharmaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, 歸依僧 Saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. It is "the most primitive formula fidei of the early Buddhists". The surrender is to the Buddha as teacher 師, the Law as medicine 藥, the Ecclesia as friends 友. These are known as the 三歸依. |
三覺 三觉 see styles |
sān jué san1 jue2 san chüeh sankaku |
The three kinds of enlightenment: (1) (a) 自覺 Enlightenment for self; (b) 覺他 for others; (c) 覺行圓 (or 窮) 滿 perfect enlightenment and accomplishment; the first is an arhat's, the first and second a bodhisattva's, all three a Buddha's. (2) From the Awakening of Faith 起信論 (a) 本覺 inherent, potential enlightenment or intelligence of every being; (b) 始覺 , initial, or early stages of such enlightenment, brought about through the external perfuming or influence of teaching, working on the internal perfuming of subconscious intelligence; (c) 究竟覺 completion of enlightenment, the subjective mind in perfect accord with the subconscious (or superconscious) mind, or the inherent intelligence. |
上代 see styles |
shàng dài shang4 dai4 shang tai joudai; uwadai(ik) / jodai; uwadai(ik) じょうだい; うわだい(ik) |
previous generation (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (じょうだい only) ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (2) (nominal) retail price; (place-name) Wandai |
上古 see styles |
shàng gǔ shang4 gu3 shang ku jouko / joko じょうこ |
the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times ancient times; (surname) Jōko |
不日 see styles |
bù rì bu4 ri4 pu jih fujitsu ふじつ |
within the next few days; in a few days time (adverb) in a few days; at an early date |
丹絵 see styles |
tane たんえ |
(hist) {art} (See 浮世絵) tan-e; early multi-colour ukiyo-e print |
五部 see styles |
wǔ bù wu3 bu4 wu pu gohe ごへ |
(place-name) Gohe The five classes, or groups I. The 四諦 four truths, which four are classified as 見道 or theory, and 修道 practice, e. g. the eightfold path. II. The five early Hīnayāna sects, see 一切有部 or Sarvastivadah. III. The five groups of the Vajradhātu maṇḍala. |
像法 see styles |
xiàng fǎ xiang4 fa3 hsiang fa zoubou / zobo ぞうぼう |
{Buddh} age of the copied law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); middle day of the law; age of semblance dharma saddharma-pratirūpaka; the formal or image period of Buddhism; the three periods are 正像末, those of the real, the formal, and the final; or correct, semblance, and termination. The first period is of 500 years; the second of 1,000 years; the third 3,000 years, when Maitreya is to appear and restore all things. There are varied statements about periods and dates, e.g. there is a division of four periods, that while the Buddha was alive, the early stage after his death, then the formal and the final periods. |
儘早 尽早 see styles |
jǐn zǎo jin3 zao3 chin tsao |
as early as possible |
先後 先后 see styles |
xiān hòu xian1 hou4 hsien hou sengo; senkou / sengo; senko せんご; せんこう |
early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another (1) before and after; earlier and later; order; sequence; (n,vs,vi) (2) occurring almost simultaneously; inversion (of order); (3) (abbreviation) {shogi} (from 先手後手) black and white; (place-name) Matsunochi before and after |
光宅 see styles |
guāng zhái guang1 zhai2 kuang chai Kōtaku |
Kuang-chai, name of the temple where 法雲 Fa-yun early in the sixth century wrote his commentary on the Lotus Sutra, which is known as the 光宅疏; 光宅 became his epithet. He made a division of four yāna from the Burning House parable, the goat cart representing the śrāvaka, the deer cart the pratyekabuddha, the ox-cart the Hīnayāna bodhisattva, and the great white ox-cart the Mahāyāna bodhisattva; a division adopted by T'ien-t'ai. |
八宗 see styles |
bā zōng ba1 zong1 pa tsung hasshuu / hasshu はっしゅう |
(See 南都六宗) the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period or 八家 Eight of the early Japanese sects: 倶舍 Kusha, 成實 Jōjitsu, 律 Ritsu, 法相Hossō, 三論 Sanron, 華嚴 Kegon, 天台 Tendai, 眞言 Shingon. |
八家 see styles |
bā jiā ba1 jia1 pa chia hakke はっけ |
(1) (See 八宗) the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; (2) (hist) (abbreviation) (See 入唐八家) the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period; (place-name) Yaya eight schools |
八觸 八触 see styles |
bā chù ba1 chu4 pa ch`u pa chu hassoku |
Eight physical sensations which hinder meditation in its early stages: restlessness, itching, buoyancy, heaviness, coldness, heat, roughness, smoothness. 止觀 8. |
凌晨 see styles |
líng chén ling2 chen2 ling ch`en ling chen |
very early in the morning; in the wee hours |
初夜 see styles |
chū yè chu1 ye4 ch`u yeh chu yeh shoya しょや |
early evening; wedding night; (fig.) first sexual encounter first night; first watch of the night; bridal night The first of the three divisions of the night. |
初春 see styles |
hatsuharu はつはる |
(1) early spring; beginning of spring; (2) New Year; (female given name) Hatsuharu |
初期 see styles |
chū qī chu1 qi1 ch`u ch`i chu chi shoki しょき |
initial stage; beginning period (noun - becomes adjective with の) early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning |
初葉 初叶 see styles |
chū yè chu1 ye4 ch`u yeh chu yeh shoyou / shoyo しょよう |
early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years beginning of an epoch; initial period; (female given name) Hatsuyo |
劉昫 刘昫 see styles |
liú xù liu2 xu4 liu hsü |
Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4], compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1] |
十徳 see styles |
jittoku じっとく |
(1) (See 羽織) early-modern men's jacket resembling a haori; (2) (orig. meaning) ten virtues; many merits; (surname) Jittoku |
参議 see styles |
sangi さんぎ |
(noun/participle) (1) participation in government; (noun/participle) (2) (See 太政官・2) state councillor (in the ritsuryō system); state councilor; (noun/participle) (3) vice-minister (early Meiji period); (noun/participle) (4) Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor |
反清 see styles |
fǎn qīng fan3 qing1 fan ch`ing fan ching |
anti-Qing; refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] |
古楽 see styles |
kogaku こがく |
ancient (early) music |
古逸 see styles |
gǔ yì gu3 yi4 ku i koitsu |
(text) lost at an early date |
唐書 唐书 see styles |
táng shū tang2 shu1 t`ang shu tang shu |
same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls |
四倒 see styles |
sì dào si4 dao4 ssu tao shitō |
The four viparyaya i. e. inverted or false beliefs in regard to 常, 樂, 我, 淨. There are two groups: (1) the common belief in the four above, denied by the early Buddhist doctrine that all is impermanent, suffering, impersonal, and impure; (2) the false belief of the Hīnayāna school that nirvana is not a state of permanence, joy, personality, and purity. Hīnayāna refutes the common view in regard to the phenomenal life; bodhisattvism refutes both views. |
垂髫 see styles |
chuí tiáo chui2 tiao2 ch`ui t`iao chui tiao |
hair hanging down (child's hairstyle); (fig.) young child; early childhood |
堅意 坚意 see styles |
jiān yì jian1 yi4 chien i keni けんい |
(personal name) Ken'i 堅慧 Sthiramati of firm mind, or wisdom. An early Indian monk of the Mahāyāna; perhaps two monks. |
夏菊 see styles |
natsugiku なつぎく |
early chrysanthemums |
夕雲 see styles |
yuugumo / yugumo ゆうぐも |
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset |
夙に see styles |
tsutoni つとに |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) for a long time; since long ago; from childhood; (adverb) (2) (kana only) bright and early; early in the morning |
天演 see styles |
tiān yǎn tian1 yan3 t`ien yen tien yen |
natural change; evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化) |
奢香 see styles |
shē xiāng she1 xiang1 she hsiang |
She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times |
姚濱 姚滨 see styles |
yáo bīn yao2 bin1 yao pin |
Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach |
孕童 see styles |
yùn tóng yun4 tong2 yün t`ung yün tung |
(market segment) maternity and early childhood |
宏智 see styles |
hóng zhì hong2 zhi4 hung chih hironori ひろのり |
(personal name) Hironori Hung-chih, posthumous name of a monk of 天童 Tiant'ung monastery, Ningpo, early in the twelfth century. |
宵寝 see styles |
yoine よいね |
(n,vs,vi) (1) going to bed early; (n,vs,vi) (2) taking an afternoon nap |
宵月 see styles |
yoizuki よいづき |
(See 夕月) evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) |
寒梅 see styles |
kanbai かんばい |
(See 梅・1) plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms; (surname) Kanbai |
寒露 see styles |
hán lù han2 lu4 han lu kanro かんろ |
Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October (1) late-autumn or early-winter dew; (2) (See 二十四節気) "cold dew" solar term (approx. October 8) |
小兒 小儿 see styles |
xiǎo r xiao3 r5 hsiao r |
(coll.) early childhood; baby boy |
小歌 see styles |
kouta / kota こうた |
(1) (hist) (See 大歌) kouta (Heian-era court lady's song accompanying the men's ōuta); court lady singing a kouta; (2) (hist) (See 小唄,端唄) ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi period to early Edo period; (3) (hist) kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often a love ballad; (4) noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs; (given name) Kōta |
少年 see styles |
shào nián shao4 nian2 shao nien shounen / shonen しょうねん |
early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man (1) boy; (2) (usu. in legal contexts) juvenile; child youth |
少時 少时 see styles |
shǎo shí shao3 shi2 shao shih shouji / shoji しょうじ |
(n,adv) one's early days; little while one's youth |
少輔 see styles |
shou; shouyuu; sunaisuke / sho; shoyu; sunaisuke しょう; しょうゆう; すないすけ |
(hist) assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period); (given name) Shousuke |
左傳 左传 see styles |
zuǒ zhuàn zuo3 zhuan4 tso chuan saden さでん |
Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] (surname) Saden Zuo's Commentary |
序盤 see styles |
joban じょばん |
(1) opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); (2) early stages; initial phase; outset |
張旭 张旭 see styles |
zhāng xù zhang1 xu4 chang hsü |
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书 |
後夜 后夜 see styles |
hòu yè hou4 ye4 hou yeh goya ごや |
(1) period from midnight until the early morning; (2) (See 寅の刻) around 4am The third division of the night. |
捷い see styles |
hayai はやい hashikkoi はしっこい hashikoi はしこい |
(out-dated kanji) (adjective) (1) fast; quick; hasty; brisk; (2) early (in the day, etc.); premature; (3) (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; (4) easy; simple; quick; (adjective) (1) (kana only) smart; clever; (2) agile; nimble; quick |
支那 see styles |
zhī nà zhi1 na4 chih na shina; shina しな; シナ |
phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory (sensitive word) (dated) (kana only) (often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji) (See 中国・1) China; (female given name) Shina 指那, 眞丹, 至那, 斯那, 振旦, 震旦, 眞那, 振丹, 脂難, 旃丹; 摩訶至那 Cina; Maha-cina. The name by which China is referred to in the laws of Manu (which assert that the Chinese were degenerate Kṣatriya), in the Mahābharata, and in Buddhist works. This name may have been derived from families ruling in western China under such titles as 晉 Chin at Fen-chou in Shansi 1106-376 B. C., 陳 Ch'en in Honan 1122-479 B. C., 秦 Ch'in in Shensi as early as the ninth century B. C., and to this latter dynasty the designation is generally attributed. |
文殊 see styles |
wén shū wen2 shu1 wen shu monju もんじゅ |
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness (Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju (文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N. |
新樹 see styles |
shinju しんじゅ |
(See 新緑,若葉) tree covered in fresh green leaves; newly green trees of early Summer; (female given name) Niina |
早々 see styles |
hayabaya はやばや hayahaya はやはや sousou / soso そうそう |
(adv,adv-to) early; quickly; promptly; (adverb) (archaism) quickly; (n-suf,n-adv) (1) as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; (adverb) (2) hurriedly; in haste; quickly; promptly; early |
早い see styles |
hayai はやい |
(adjective) (1) fast; quick; hasty; brisk; (2) early (in the day, etc.); premature; (3) (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; (4) easy; simple; quick |
早う see styles |
hayou / hayo はよう |
(adverb) (1) (See 早く・1) early; right away; at once; (2) early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.) |
早く see styles |
hayaku はやく |
(adverb) (1) early; soon; (2) quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast |
早め see styles |
hayame はやめ |
(can be adjective with の) (1) early; (2) fast |
早よ see styles |
hayo はよ |
(n,adv) (abbreviation) early |
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