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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
宗 see styles |
zōng zong1 tsung sou / so そう |
school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs (1) (rare) origin; source; (2) (rare) virtuous ancestor; (given name) Motoi Ancestors, ancestral; clan; class, category. kind; school, sect; siddhānta, summary, main doctrine, syllogism, proposition, conclusion, realization. Sects are of two kinds: (1) those founded on principles having historic continuity, as the twenty sects of the Hīnayāna, the thirteen sects of China, and the fourteen sects of Japan: (2) those arising from an individual interpretation of the general teaching of Buddhism, as the sub-sects founded by Yongming 永明 (d. 975), 法相宗, 法性宗, 破相宗, or those based on a peculiar interpretation of one of the recognized sects, as the Jōdo-shinshū 淨土眞宗 found by Shinran-shōnin. There are also divisions of five, six, and ten, which have reference to specific doctrinal differences. Cf. 宗派. |
祖 see styles |
zǔ zu3 tsu so そ |
ancestor; forefather; grandparents (1) ancestor; forefather; progenitor; (2) originator; pioneer; inventor; founder; (3) (orig. meaning) grandfather; (surname) Takaso Grandfather; ancestor; patriarch; founder; origin. See 二十八祖. |
先人 see styles |
xiān rén xian1 ren2 hsien jen senjin せんじん |
ancestor; forefather; sb's late father predecessor; pioneer; ancestor; (personal name) Sakito |
先君 see styles |
xiān jun xian1 jun1 hsien chün senkun せんくん |
my late father; my ancestors; the late emperor (1) (form) previous lord; late lord; (2) (form) (one's) late father; (3) (form) ancestor |
先祖 see styles |
xiān zǔ xian1 zu3 hsien tsu senzo せんぞ |
(literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors ancestor; forefather; foremother; (surname) Senzo patriarch |
祖先 see styles |
zǔ xiān zu3 xian1 tsu hsien sosen そせん |
ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved ancestor |
祖宗 see styles |
zǔ zōng zu3 zong1 tsu tsung sosou / soso そそう |
ancestor; forebear ancestors patriarchal teaching |
遠祖 远祖 see styles |
yuǎn zǔ yuan3 zu3 yüan tsu enso えんそ |
a remote ancestor remote ancestor; forefather |
奉 see styles |
fèng feng4 feng matsuri まつり |
to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior) (female given name) Matsuri To receive respectfully; honoured by, have the honour to, be favoured by, serve, offer. |
從 从 see styles |
cóng cong2 ts`ung tsung jū |
from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor To follow, agree with, obey; from; followers, secondary. |
余烈 see styles |
yoretsu よれつ |
ancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors |
内神 see styles |
uchigami; uggan うちがみ; うっがん |
(kyu:) {Shinto} patron god; ancestor deified as a kami; (place-name) Uchigami |
前身 see styles |
qián shēn qian2 shen1 ch`ien shen chien shen zenshin ぜんしん |
forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation The previous body, or incarnation. |
原木 see styles |
yuán mù yuan2 mu4 yüan mu genboku げんぼく |
logs (1) pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; logs; (2) original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar; (place-name) Baraki |
原牛 see styles |
yuán niú yuan2 niu2 yüan niu gengyuu / gengyu げんぎゅう |
aurochs (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox (See オーロックス) aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus) |
原種 see styles |
genshu げんしゅ |
(1) seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; (2) pure breed; original strain; ancestor |
同祖 see styles |
douso / doso どうそ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) common ancestor |
太祖 see styles |
tài zǔ tai4 zu3 t`ai tsu tai tsu taiso たいそ |
Great Ancestor (posomethingumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) founder; progenitor; emperor great ancestor |
奉祀 see styles |
fèng sì feng4 si4 feng ssu houshi / hoshi ほうし |
to worship; to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc); (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc) (noun, transitive verb) enshrine to offer sacrifice |
尊號 尊号 see styles |
zūn hào zun1 hao4 tsun hao songō |
honorific title; form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc name of venerated |
岱宗 see styles |
dài zōng dai4 zong1 tai tsung |
another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]; Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls |
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. |
旁系 see styles |
páng xì pang2 xi4 p`ang hsi pang hsi |
collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) |
祖堂 see styles |
zǔ táng zu3 tang2 tsu t`ang tsu tang sodō |
ancestor's hall |
祖業 see styles |
sogyou / sogyo そぎょう |
business started by an ancestor; inherited business |
祖神 see styles |
soshin; sojin そしん; そじん |
ancestor worshipped as a deity |
祖考 see styles |
sokou / soko そこう |
(1) (rare) deceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather; (2) (rare) distant ancestor; forefather |
祖霊 see styles |
sorei / sore それい |
(1) ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; (2) ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami |
祖鳥 祖鸟 see styles |
zǔ niǎo zu3 niao3 tsu niao |
dinosaur ancestor of birds |
系統 系统 see styles |
xì tǒng xi4 tong3 hsi t`ung hsi tung keitou / keto けいとう |
system; CL:個|个[ge4] (1) system; (2) lineage; ancestry; family line; (3) group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought); (4) close (evolutionary) relationship; (5) a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial) |
藩祖 see styles |
hanso はんそ |
(1) (hist) ancestor of a feudal lord; (2) (hist) founder of a feudal domain |
達祖 达祖 see styles |
dá zǔ da2 zu3 ta tsu Tasso |
Ancestor Dharma |
鼻祖 see styles |
bí zǔ bi2 zu3 pi tsu biso びそ |
the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) founder; originator; introducer a patriarch who founds a sect or school |
先つ祖 see styles |
sakitsuoya さきつおや |
ancestor |
先の祖 see styles |
sakinooya さきのおや |
ancestor |
承重孫 承重孙 see styles |
chéng zhòng sūn cheng2 zhong4 sun1 ch`eng chung sun cheng chung sun |
eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship) |
持佛堂 see styles |
chí fó táng chi2 fo2 tang2 ch`ih fo t`ang chih fo tang jibutsudou / jibutsudo じぶつどう |
(See 仏間) hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept inner buddha hall |
牛糞種 牛粪种 see styles |
niú fèn zhǒng niu2 fen4 zhong3 niu fen chung gofun shu |
The first Gotama ancestor of Śākyamuni, who is reputed to have sprung from cow-dung in the Sugar-cane garden, probably a mere tradition that the family sprang from herdsmen. |
一叉鳩王 一叉鸠王 see styles |
yī chā jiū wáng yi1 cha1 jiu1 wang2 i ch`a chiu wang i cha chiu wang Isshaku ō |
Ikṣvāku Virūḍhaka or Videhaka, translated by 甘蔗王 Sugar-cane king, also 日種善生 Sūryavaṃśa, an ancient king of Potala and ancestor of the Śākya line. |
中興の祖 see styles |
chuukounoso / chukonoso ちゅうこうのそ |
(exp,n) restorer of a dynasty; ancestor who rejuvenated a family |
共通祖先 see styles |
kyoutsuusosen / kyotsusosen きょうつうそせん |
common ancestor |
天津御祖 see styles |
amatsumioya あまつみおや |
imperial ancestor |
松平信光 see styles |
matsudairanobumitsu まつだいらのぶみつ |
(person) Matsudaira Nobumitsu (Tokugawa ancestor) |
直系祖先 see styles |
zhí xì zǔ xiān zhi2 xi4 zu3 xian1 chih hsi tsu hsien |
direct ancestor |
直系血族 see styles |
chokkeiketsuzoku / chokkeketsuzoku ちょっけいけつぞく |
lineal relation; direct lineal ancestor; direct lineal descendent |
祖先崇拝 see styles |
sosensuuhai / sosensuhai そせんすうはい |
(yoji) ancestor worship |
震旦二祖 see styles |
zhèn dàn èr zǔ zhen4 dan4 er4 zu3 chen tan erh tsu shintan niso |
Second Ancestor in China |
震旦初祖 see styles |
zhèn dàn chū zǔ zhen4 dan4 chu1 zu3 chen tan ch`u tsu chen tan chu tsu Shintan Shoso |
First Ancestor in China |
先祖構造体 see styles |
senzokouzoutai / senzokozotai せんぞこうぞうたい |
{comp} ancestor structure |
春季皇霊祭 see styles |
shunkikoureisai / shunkikoresai しゅんきこうれいさい |
(See 春分の日) imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox |
秋季皇霊祭 see styles |
shuukikoureisai / shukikoresai しゅうきこうれいさい |
(See 秋分の日) imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox |
エオヒップス see styles |
eohippusu エオヒップス |
(See ヒラコテリウム) eohippus (lat:); hyracotherium (earliest fossil ancestor of the horse) |
オーロックス see styles |
oorokkusu オーロックス |
aurochs (Bos primigenius); urus; extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus |
上位グループ see styles |
jouiguruupu / joigurupu じょういグループ |
{comp} ancestor |
歷代祖師菩薩 历代祖师菩萨 see styles |
lì dài zǔ shī pú sà li4 dai4 zu3 shi1 pu2 sa4 li tai tsu shih p`u sa li tai tsu shih pu sa rekidai soshi bosatsu |
successive generations of ancestor bodhisattvas |
Variations: |
oya おや |
(1) (親 only) parent; parents; mother and father; (2) (親 only) {cards;mahj} (See 子・8) dealer; banker; (3) founder; inventor; (4) (親 only) (pet) owner; (adj-no,n) (5) (親 only) key; parent (organization); main; (6) ancestor; forefather |
ヒラコテリウム see styles |
hirakoteriumu ヒラコテリウム |
(See エオヒップス) hyracotherium (lat:); eohippus (earliest fossil ancestor of the horse) |
最も近い共通祖先 see styles |
mottomochikaikyoutsuusosen / mottomochikaikyotsusosen もっともちかいきょうつうそせん |
(exp,n) most recent common ancestor |
Variations: |
jibutsudou / jibutsudo じぶつどう |
(See 仏間) hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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