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布薩 布萨 see styles |
bù sà bu4 sa4 pu sa fusatsu |
poṣadha, upavasatha, upoṣana; 布沙他 (or 布灑他); 褒沙陀 Pali: uposatha; fasting, a fast, the nurturing or renewal of vows, intp. by 淨住 or 善宿 or 長養, meaning abiding in retreat for spiritual refreshment. There are other similar terms, e. g. 布薩陀婆; 優補陀婆; also 布薩犍度 which the Vinaya uses for the meeting place; 鉢囉帝提舍耶寐 pratideśanīya, is self-examination and public confession during the fast. It is also an old Indian fast. Buddha's monks should meet at the new and fall moons and read the Prātimokṣa sutra for their moral edification, also disciples at home should observe the six fast days and the eight commands. The 布薩日 fast days are the 15th and 29th or 30th of the moon. |
底沙 see styles |
dǐ shā di3 sha1 ti sha Teisha |
Tiṣya. (1) The twenty-third of the twenty-eight constellations 鬼宿 γδηθ in Cancer; it has connection with Śiva. (2) Name of a Buddha who taught Śākyamuni and Maitreya in a former incarnation. |
弗沙 see styles |
fú shā fu2 sha1 fu sha hoッsha |
勃沙 or 富沙 or 逋v or 補沙; puṣya; 'the sixth (or in later times the eighth) Nakshatra or lunar mansion, also called Tishya. ' M. W. 底沙. It is the 鬼 group Cancer γδηθ, the 23rd of the Chinese twenty-eight stellar mansions. Name of an ancient Buddha. |
弘誓 see styles |
hóng shì hong2 shi4 hung shih guzei / guze ぐぜい |
Buddha's great vows; (personal name) Kōsei 弘誓願 vast or universal vows of a Buddha, or Bodhisattva, especially Amitābha's forty-eight vows. |
待宵 see styles |
matsuyoi まつよい |
(1) (archaism) night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come; (2) (archaism) night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar |
心海 see styles |
xīn hǎi xin1 hai3 hsin hai motomi もとみ |
(female given name) Motomi Mind as a sea or ocean, external phenomena being the wind, and the 八識 eight forms of cognition being the waves. |
心蓮 心莲 see styles |
xīn lián xin1 lian2 hsin lien Shinren |
The lotus of the mind or heart; the exoteric school interprets it by original purity; the esoteric by the physical heart, which resembles a closed lotus with eight petals. |
忌寸 see styles |
imiki いみき |
(archaism) (See 八色の姓) Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles); (personal name) Imiki |
忘八 see styles |
wàng bā wang4 ba1 wang pa bouhachi / bohachi ぼうはち |
see 王八[wang2 ba1] (1) customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues; (2) brothel; owner of a brothel |
提法 see styles |
tí fǎ ti2 fa3 t`i fa ti fa |
wording (of a proposal); formulation; viewpoint (on an issue); (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting |
支提 see styles |
zhī tí zhi1 ti2 chih t`i chih ti shitei |
支帝; 支徵; 支陀; 脂帝. Newer forms are 制多; 制底 (制底耶); 制地, i. e. 刹, 塔, 廟 caitya. A tumulus, a mausoleum; a place where the relics of Buddha were collected, hence a place where his sutras or images are placed. Eight famous Caityas formerly existed: Lumbinī, Buddha-gayā, Vārāṇasī, Jetavana, Kanyākubja, Rājagṛha 王舍城, Vaiśālī, and the Śāla grove in Kuśinagara. Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the exact connotation of the terms given, some being referred to graves or stūpas, others to shrines or temples, but in general the meaning is stūpas, shrines, and any collection of objects of worship. |
散支 see styles |
sàn zhī san4 zhi1 san chih Sanshi |
散脂 (散脂迦); 半只迦 (or半支迦) Pañcika, one of the eight generals of Vaiśravaṇa, cf. 毘. |
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. |
旗人 see styles |
qí rén qi2 ren2 ch`i jen chi jen |
Manchu; bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) |
星宿 see styles |
xīng xiù xing1 xiu4 hsing hsiu shōshuku ほとほりぼし |
constellation (arch., now 星座); one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology; motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) (1) (astron) constellation; (2) (astron) (archaism) mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions); (3) (astron) Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) The twenty-eight Chinese constellations 二十八宿; also the twenty-eight nakṣatras; the 十二宮 twelve rāṣi, or zodiacal mansions; and the 七曜 seven mobile stars: sun, moon, and five graha or planets; all which are used as auguries in 星占法 astrology. A list giving Sanskrit and Chinese names, etc･, is given in 佛學大辭典, pp. 1579-1 580. |
時分 时分 see styles |
shí fēn shi2 fen1 shih fen jibun じぶん |
time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 (n,adv) time; hour; season; time of the year Time-division of the day, variously made in Buddhist works: (1) Three periods each of day and night. (2) Eight periods of day and night, each divided into four parts. (3) Twelve periods, each under its animal, as in China. (4) Thirty hours, sixty hours, of varying definition. |
更藥 更药 see styles |
gēng yào geng1 yao4 keng yao kōyaku |
Medicines that should be taken between dawn and the first watch, of which eight are named, v. 百一羯磨 5. |
曾鞏 曾巩 see styles |
zēng gǒng zeng1 gong3 tseng kung soukyou / sokyo そうきょう |
Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2-Song4 ba1da4jia1] (personal name) Soukyō |
月見 see styles |
tsukimi つきみ |
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar); (p,s,f) Tsukimi |
末伽 see styles |
mò qié mo4 qie2 mo ch`ieh mo chieh maga |
mārga; track, path, way, the way; the fourth of the four dogmas 四諦, i. e. 道, known as the 八聖道, 八正道 (or 八正門), the eight holy or correct ways, or gates out of suffering into nirvana. Mārga is described as the 因 cause of liberation, bodhi as its 果 result. |
本願 本愿 see styles |
běn yuàn ben3 yuan4 pen yüan hongan ほんがん |
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire; (surname) Hongan pūrvapraṇidhāna. The original vow, or vows, of a Buddha or bodhisattva, e. g. the forty-eight of Amitābha, the twelve of 藥師, etc. |
果圓 果圆 see styles |
guǒ yuán guo3 yuan2 kuo yüan kaen |
Fruit complete, i. e. perfect enlightenment, one of the eight Tiantai perfections. |
棋王 see styles |
qí wáng qi2 wang2 ch`i wang chi wang kiou / kio きおう |
chess champion {shogi} Kiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi); shogi king |
歳刑 see styles |
saikyou / saikyo さいきょう |
(See 八将神) Saikyō; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar |
歳殺 see styles |
saisetsu さいせつ |
(See 八将神) Saisetsu; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar |
歳破 see styles |
saiha さいは |
(See 八将神) Saiha; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar |
法相 see styles |
fǎ xiàng fa3 xiang4 fa hsiang hossou / hosso ほっそう |
(1) {Buddh} (See 法性) dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); (2) (abbreviation) (See 法相宗) Hosso sect of Buddhism The aspects of characteristics of things-all things are of monad nature but differ in form. A name of the 法相宗 Faxiang or Dharmalakṣaṇa sect (Jap. Hossō), called also 慈恩宗 Cien sect from the Tang temple, in which lived 窺基 Kuiji, known also as 慈恩. It "aims at discovering the ultimate entity of cosmic existence n contemplation, through investigation into the specific characteristics (the marks or criteria) of all existence, and through the realization of the fundamental nature of the soul in mystic illumination". "An inexhaustible number" of "seeds" are "stored up in the Ālaya-soul; they manifest themselves in innumerable varieties of existence, both physical and mental". "Though there are infinite varieties. . . they all participate in the prime nature of the ālaya." Anesaki. The Faxiang School is one of the "eight schools", and was established in China on the return of Xuanzang, consequent on his translation of the Yogācārya works. Its aim is to understand the principle underlying the 萬法性相 or nature and characteristics of all things. Its foundation works are the 解深密經, the 唯識論, and the 瑜伽論. It is one of the Mahāyāna realistic schools, opposed by the idealistic schools, e.g. the 三論 school; yet it was a "combination of realism and idealism, and its religion a profoundly mystic one". Anesaki. |
清麗 清丽 see styles |
qīng lì qing1 li4 ch`ing li ching li seirei / sere せいれい |
(of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (form) clean; tidy; pure; untarnished; (2) {shogi} Seirei (one of the eight major professional female titles); (female given name) Seira |
澁觸 澁触 see styles |
sè chù se4 chu4 se ch`u se chu jūsoku |
One of the eight sensations of touch. |
犍度 see styles |
jiān dù jian1 du4 chien tu kendo |
khaṇda, a piece, fragment, portion, section, chapter; a collection; the rules, monastic rules; also used for skandha, v. 塞. There are categories of eight, and twenty subjective divisions for the eight, v. the Abhidharma 八犍度論 B. N. 1273. |
白沢 see styles |
shirozawa しろざわ |
bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes); (surname) Shirozawa |
白澤 白泽 see styles |
bái zé bai2 ze2 pai tse shirosawa しろさわ |
Bai Ze or White Marsh, legendary creature of ancient China bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes); (surname) Shirosawa |
白玲 see styles |
hakurei / hakure はくれい |
{shogi} Hakurei (one of the eight major professional female titles of shogi); (given name) Hakurei |
百八 see styles |
bǎi bā bai3 ba1 pai pa hyakuhachi ひゃくはち |
(numeric) (1) 108; one hundred and eight; (2) {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; (3) (See 七十二候,節気) the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year; (given name) Hyakuhachi 108 |
百法 see styles |
bǎi fǎ bai3 fa3 pai fa hyappō |
The hundred divisions of all mental qualities and their agents, of the 唯識 School; also known as the 五位百法five groups of the 100 modes or 'things': (1) 心法 the eight 識 perceptions, or forms of consciousness; (2) 心所有法 the fifty-one mental ideas; (3) 色法 the five physical organs and their six modes of sense, e. g. ear and sound; (4) 不相應行 twenty-four indefinites, or unconditioned elements; (5) 無爲 six inactive or metaphysical concepts. |
真人 see styles |
zhēn rén zhen1 ren2 chen jen mahito; mauto; mouto / mahito; mauto; moto まひと; まうと; もうと |
a real person; Daoist spiritual master (1) (archaism) (See 八色の姓) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); (pronoun) (2) (まうと, もうと only) (referring to someone of lower status) you; (given name) Michihito |
神籬 see styles |
himorogi; hiborogi; himoroki; hiboroki ひもろぎ; ひぼろぎ; ひもろき; ひぼろき |
(archaism) primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table) |
稲置 see styles |
inagi; inaki いなぎ; いなき |
(1) (archaism) regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court); (2) (archaism) (See 八色の姓) Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles); (surname) Ineoki |
篇聚 see styles |
piān jù pian1 ju4 p`ien chü pien chü hen ju |
Two divisions of wrong-doing, one called the 五篇 five pian, the other the six and seven ju. The five pian are: (1) pārājika, v. 波, sins demanding expulsion from the order; (2) saṅghāvaśeṣa, v. 僧, sins verging on expulsion, which demand confession before and absolution by the assembly; (3) ? prāyaścitta, v. 波逸, sins deserving hell which may be forgiven; (4) pratideśanīya, v. 波羅 and 提舍, sins which must be confessed; (5) duṣkṛta, v. 突, light sins, errors, or faults. The six ju are the five above with sthūlātyaya, v. 偸, associated with the third, implying thought not developed in action. The seven ju are the above with the division of the fifth into two, action and speech. There are further divisions of eight and nine. |
總願 总愿 see styles |
zǒng yuàn zong3 yuan4 tsung yüan sōgan |
Universal vows common to all buddhas, in contrast with 別願 specific vows, e.g. the forty-eight of Amitābha. |
自在 see styles |
zì zai zi4 zai5 tzu tsai jizai じざい |
comfortable; at ease (n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; (2) (abbreviation) (See 自在鉤) pothook; (surname) Shizai Īśvara , 伊濕伐邏; can, king, master, sovereign, independent, royal; intp. as free from resistance; also, the mind free from delusion; in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra it translates vasitā. There are several groups of this independence, or sovereignty— 2, 4, 5, 8, and 10, e. g. the 2 are that a bodhisattva has sovereign knowledge and sovereign power; the others are categories of a bodhisattva's sovereign powers. For the eight powers v. 八大自在我. |
蓮宮 莲宫 see styles |
lián gōng lian2 gong1 lien kung hasumiya はすみや |
(place-name) Hasumiya padmavimāna. Lotus-palace, the Pure Land of the saṃbhogakāya; also the eight-leaved lotus of the heart. |
蘇洵 苏洵 see styles |
sū xún su1 xun2 su hsün sojun そじゅん |
Su Xun (1009-1066), Song essayist, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1] (personal name) Sojun |
蘇軾 苏轼 see styles |
sū shì su1 shi4 su shih soshoku そしょく |
Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1] (person) Su Shi (Chinese writer, 1036-1101 CE) |
蘇轍 苏辙 see styles |
sū zhé su1 zhe2 su che sotetsu そてつ |
Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1] (personal name) Sotetsu |
衆合 众合 see styles |
zhòng hé zhong4 he2 chung ho shugō |
(衆合地獄); 衆磕 The third of the eight hot hells, Saṃghāta, where two ranges of mountains meet to crush the sinners. |
観月 see styles |
kangetsu かんげつ |
(noun/participle) (See 月見) moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar); (surname, female given name) Mizuki |
解脫 解脱 see styles |
jiě tuō jie3 tuo1 chieh t`o chieh to gedatsu |
to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries mukti, 'loosing, release, deliverance, liberation, setting free,... emancipation.' M.W. mokṣa, 'emancipation, deliverance, freedom, liberation, escape, release.' M.W. Escape from bonds and the obtaining of freedom, freedom from transmigration, from karma, from illusion, from suffering; it denotes nirvāṇa and also the freedom obtained in dhyāna-meditation; it is one of the five characteristics of Buddha; v. 五分法身. It is also vimukti and vimokṣa, especially in the sense of final emancipation. There are several categories of two kinds of emancipation, also categories of three and eight. Cf. 毘; and 八解脫.; v. 解. |
誓願 誓愿 see styles |
shì yuàn shi4 yuan4 shih yüan seigan / segan せいがん |
(noun/participle) (1) (religious) vow; (noun/participle) (2) prayer (for something by making a vow) To swear and vow, e.g. the forty-eight vows of Amitābha to save all beings. |
豹尾 see styles |
hyoubi / hyobi ひょうび |
(See 八将神) Hyōbi; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar |
超八 see styles |
chāo bā chao1 ba1 ch`ao pa chao pa chōhachi |
Surpassing the eight other schools, as does the teaching of the Lotus and Nirvāṇa Sūtras, according to Tiantai. |
身蓮 身莲 see styles |
shēn lián shen1 lian2 shen lien shinren |
The lotus in the body, i. e. the heart, or eight-leaved lotus in all beings; it represents also the Garbhadhātu, which is the matrix of the material world out of which all beings come. |
輪藏 轮藏 see styles |
lún zàng lun2 zang4 lun tsang rinzō |
Revolving scriptures, a revolving stand with eight faces, representing the eight directions, each containing a portion of the sacred canon; a praying-wheel, the revolving of which brings as much merit to the operator as if he had read the whole. |
辛未 see styles |
xīn wèi xin1 wei4 hsin wei kanotohitsuji; shinbi かのとひつじ; しんび |
eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051 (See 干支・1) Metal Sheep (8th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1931, 1991, 2051); (given name) Shinmi |
近事 see styles |
jìn shì jin4 shi4 chin shih kinji きんじ |
recent events Those who attend on and serve the triratna, the近事男 upāsaka, male servant or disciple, and近事女 upāsikā, female servant or disciple, i.e. laymen or women who undertake to obey the five commandments. 近住 Laymen or women who remain at home and observe the eight commandments, i.e. the近事律儀. |
道師 see styles |
michinoshi みちのし |
(archaism) Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles); (personal name) Michinoshi |
那吒 那咤 see styles |
nà zhà na4 zha4 na cha Nata |
Naṭa, said to be the eldest son of Vaiśravaṇa, and represented with three faces, eight arms, a powerful demon-king. |
閻魔 阎魔 see styles |
yán mó yan2 mo2 yen mo enma えんま |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell {Buddh} Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma; (dei) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna 閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory. |
阿鼻 see styles |
ā bí a1 bi2 a pi abi あび |
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells; fig. hell; hell on earth {Buddh} Avici (lowest level of hell) Avīci, 阿鼻旨; 阿鼻脂; 阿鼻至; the last and deepest of the eight hot hells, where the culprits suffer, die, and are instantly reborn to suffering, without interruption 無間. It is the 阿鼻地獄 (阿鼻旨地獄) or the 阿鼻焦熱地獄hell of unintermitted scorching; or the阿鼻喚地獄 hell of unintermitted wailing; its wall, out of which there is no escape, is the 阿鼻大城. |
霓裳 see styles |
ní cháng ni2 chang2 ni ch`ang ni chang |
nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] |
非喩 see styles |
fēi yú fei1 yu2 fei yü |
An imaginary and not factual metaphor, one of the eight forms of comparison 八喩. |
須彌 须弥 see styles |
xū mí xu1 mi2 hsü mi Shumi |
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues Sumeru, also 須彌樓; 彌樓; 蘇彌樓; 修迷樓; later 蘇迷盧; the central mountain of every world, tr. as 妙高; 妙光, etc., wonderful height, wonderful brilliancy, etc.; at the top is Indra's heaven, or heavens, below them are the four devalokas; around are eight circles of mountains and between them the eight seas, the whole forming nine mountains and eight seas. |
頷聯 颔联 see styles |
hàn lián han4 lian2 han lien |
third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet |
願佛 愿佛 see styles |
yuàn fó yuan4 fo2 yüan fo |
A Buddha of the vow, who passes through the eight forms of an incarnate Buddha, v. 八相. |
饒王 饶王 see styles |
ráo wáng rao2 wang2 jao wang |
(饒王佛) Lokeśvara, 'the lord or ruler of the world; N. of a Buddha' (M.W.); probably a development of the idea of Brahmā, Viṣṇu or Śiva as lokanātha, 'lord of worlds.' In Indo-China especially it refers to Avalokiteśvara, whose image or face, in masculine form, is frequently seen, e.g. at Angkor. Also 世饒王佛. It is to Lokeśvara that Amitābha announces his forty-eight vows. |
首羅 首罗 see styles |
shǒu luó shou3 luo2 shou lo |
(or 周羅 or首羅髮 or周羅髮) Cūlaka, Cūḍa; one of the eight yakṣas, or demons. |
鬼神 see styles |
guǐ shén gui3 shen2 kuei shen kishin(p); kijin(p); onigami きしん(P); きじん(P); おにがみ |
supernatural beings fierce god; (surname) Onikami Ghosts and spirits, a general term which includes the spirits of the dead, together with demons and the eight classes of spirits, such as devas, etc. 鬼 is intp. as 威 causing fear, 神 as 能 potent, powerful. |
黄幡 see styles |
ouban / oban おうばん |
Oban; one of the eight gods of the koyomi; (surname) Ouban |
黄旛 see styles |
ouban / oban おうばん |
Oban; one of the eight gods of the koyomi |
黑天 see styles |
hēi tiān hei1 tian1 hei t`ien hei tien |
Mahākāla, the black deva, a title of Śiva, the fierce Rudra, a black or dark-blue deity with eight arms and three eyes. |
齋戒 斋戒 see styles |
zhāi jiè zhai1 jie4 chai chieh saikai |
to fast Purification, or abstinential rules, e. g. the eight prohibitions. |
七八行 see styles |
qī bā xíng qi1 ba1 xing2 ch`i pa hsing chi pa hsing shichi hachigyō |
The practice of the seven bodhyaṅga 七菩提分, and the 八正道 eight marga or noble paths. |
下八地 see styles |
xià bā dì xia4 ba1 di4 hsia pa ti gehachiji |
The regions in the nine divisions of the trailokya below the 無所有處地 of the arūpadhātu, v. 九地. |
不死覺 不死觉 see styles |
bù sǐ jué bu4 si3 jue2 pu ssu chüeh fushi kaku |
One of the eight 覺, the desire for long life. |
不還果 不还果 see styles |
bù huán guǒ bu4 huan2 guo3 pu huan kuo fugen ka |
The fruits, fruition, or rewards of the last. Various stages in the final life of parinirvāṇa are named, i. e. five, six, seven, eight, nine, or eleven kinds. |
主方神 see styles |
zhǔ fāng shén zhu3 fang1 shen2 chu fang shen shuhō jin |
The spirits controlling the eight directions. |
九十八 see styles |
jiǔ shí bā jiu3 shi2 ba1 chiu shih pa kujū hachi |
ninety-eight |
九方便 see styles |
jiǔ fāng biàn jiu3 fang1 bian4 chiu fang pien ku hōben |
The nine suitable stages in religious service; cf. 大日經, 7; 作禮 salutation to the universal Triratna; 出罪 repentance and confession; 歸依 trust (in the Triratna); 施身 giving of self (to the Tathāgata); 發菩提心 vowing to devote the mind to bodhi; 隨喜 rejoicing (in all good); 勸請 beseeching (all Tathāgatas to rain down the saving law); 奉請法身 praying for the Buddha-nature in self and others for entry in the Pure Land; 迴向 demitting the good produced by the above eight methods, to others, universally, past, present, and future. This form of service is generally performed before engaging in esoteric observances. The verses in which these nine stages are presented are of a commendably devotional character. |
九會說 九会说 see styles |
jiǔ huì shuō jiu3 hui4 shuo1 chiu hui shuo kue setsu |
The Huayan sutra 華嚴經 in its older sixty chuan version is said to have been delivered at eight assemblies in seven places; the newer eighty chuan at nine assemblies in seven places; cf. 九處. |
二十八 see styles |
èr shí bā er4 shi2 ba1 erh shih pa nisohachi にそはち |
(personal name) Nisohachi twenty-eight |
二種子 二种子 see styles |
èr zhǒng zǐ er4 zhong3 zi3 erh chung tzu ni shūji |
Two kinds of seed: (1) (a) 本有種子 the seed or latent undivided (moral) force immanent in the highest of the eight 識, i.e. the ālaya-vijñāna; (b) 新薰種子the newly influenced, or active seed when acted upon by the seven other 識, thus becoming productive. (2) (a) 名言種子 The so-called seed which causes moral action similar to 本有種子, e.g. good or evil seed producing good or evil deeds; (b) 業種子 karma seed, the sixth 識 acting with the eighth. |
五十八 see styles |
wǔ shí bā wu3 shi2 ba1 wu shih pa isoya いそや |
(given name) Isoya fifty-eight |
五十法 see styles |
wǔ shí fǎ wu3 shi2 fa3 wu shih fa gojū hō |
Fifty modes of meditation mentioned in the 大品般若; i. e. the 三十七品 bodhi paksika dharma, the 三三昧, four 禪, four 無量心, four 無色定, eight 背捨, eight 勝處, nine 次第定, and eleven 切處. |
五無間 五无间 see styles |
wǔ wú jiān wu3 wu2 jian1 wu wu chien go mugen |
The uninterrupted, or no-interval hell, i. e. avīci hell, the worst, or eighth of the eight hells. It is ceaseless in five respects— karma and its effects are an endless chain with no escape; its sufferings are ceaseless; it is timeless; its fate or life is endless; it is ceaselessly full. Another interpretation takes the second, third, and fifth of the above and adds that it is packed with 罪器 implements of torture, and that it is full of all kinds of living beings. |
仏泥鰌 see styles |
hotokedojou; hotokedojou / hotokedojo; hotokedojo ほとけどじょう; ホトケドジョウ |
(kana only) Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia) |
他心智 see styles |
tā xīn zhì ta1 xin1 zhi4 t`a hsin chih ta hsin chih ta shinchi |
他心通; 他心智通; 知他心通 paracittajñāna. Intuitive knowledge of the minds of all other beings. The eighth of the 十智, and the fourth or third of the 六神通. The eighth of Amitābha's forty-eight vows that men and devas in his paradise should all have the joy of this power. |
倶吠羅 倶吠罗 see styles |
jù fèi luó ju4 fei4 luo2 chü fei lo Kubeira |
Kuvera; Kubera; the god of riches, Vaiśravaṇa, regent of the north; having three legs and eight teeth; in Japan Bishamon. Also 倶乞羅 and numerous other names; cf. 毘. |
八か年 see styles |
hachikanen はちかねん |
(can act as adjective) octennial; recurring every eight years |
八ヶ年 see styles |
hachikanen はちかねん |
(can act as adjective) octennial; recurring every eight years |
八つ子 see styles |
hatsuko はつこ |
(1) octuplet; (2) eight-year-old child; (female given name) Hatsuko |
八つ目 see styles |
yatsume やつめ |
(1) (abbreviation) eighth (place, position, etc.); (2) having eight eyes; having many eyes; (3) (of a fabric) having a loose knit; (4) lamprey; (5) eight-holed arrow whistle |
八の字 see styles |
hachinoji はちのじ |
(1) figure eight; figure of eight; (2) shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight |
八不定 see styles |
bā bú dìng ba1 bu2 ding4 pa pu ting hachi fujō |
eight changeable mental factors |
八不淨 八不净 see styles |
bā bù jìng ba1 bu4 jing4 pa pu ching hachi fujō |
The eight things "unclean" to monks, of which there are different groups. 0ne group is - to keep gold, silver, male slaves, female slaves, cattle, stores, or to trade or farm. Another is - to own cultivated lands, to farm, keep supplies of grain and silk, servants, animals or birds, money, cushions and pans, and furniture and gilded beds. |
八不閑 八不闲 see styles |
bā bù xián ba1 bu4 xian2 pa pu hsien hachi fu gen |
eight kinds of lack of leisure |
八世法 see styles |
bā shì fǎ ba1 shi4 fa3 pa shih fa hachisehō |
eight worldly conditions |
八中洲 see styles |
bā zhōng zhōu ba1 zhong1 zhou1 pa chung chou hachichū shū |
Each of the "four continents" has two other continents, i.e. Jambudvīpa has Cāmara and Varacāmara; Pūrvavideha has Deha and Videha; Aparagodānīya has Śaṭhā and Uttaramantriṇaḥ; and Uttarakuru has Kuravaḥ and Kaurava; v. 四洲. |
八九分 see styles |
hakkubu はっくぶ |
(adverb) (rare) (See 九分通り・1) nearly; almost; eight or nine parts (out of ten) |
八二丹 see styles |
bā èr dān ba1 er4 dan1 pa erh tan |
eight-to-two powder (TCM) |
八交道 see styles |
bā jiāo dào ba1 jiao1 dao4 pa chiao tao hakkyōdō |
The eight roads in the eight directions, bounded with golden cords, mentioned in the Lotus Sūtra as in certain Buddha-realms. |
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