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There are 11 total results for your 八萬 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

八萬


八万

see styles
bā wàn
    ba1 wan4
pa wan
 hachiman
    はちまん
(surname) Hachiman
An abbreviation for 八萬四 (八萬四千) The number of atoms in the human body is supposed to be 84,000. Hence the term is used for a number of things, often in the general sense of a great number. It is also the age apex of life in each human world. There are the 84,000 stūpas erected by Aśoka, each to accommodate one of the 84.000 relics of the Buddha's body; also the 84,000 forms of illumination shed by Amitābha; the 84,000 excellent physical signs of a Buddha; the 84,000 mortal distresses, i.e. 84,000 煩惱 or 塵勞; also the cure found in the 84,000 methods, i.e. 法藏, 法蘊, 法門, or教門.

八萬劫


八万劫

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bā wàn jié
    ba1 wan4 jie2
pa wan chieh
 hachiman gō
eighty-thousand eons

八萬十二


八万十二

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bā wàn shí èr
    ba1 wan4 shi2 er4
pa wan shih erh
 hachiman jūni
An abbreviation for 八萬四千法藏 the 84,000 teachings or lessons credited to the Buddha for the cure of all sufferings, and the二部經 12 sūtras in which they are contained.

八萬四千


八万四千

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bā wàn sì qiān
    ba1 wan4 si4 qian1
pa wan ssu ch`ien
    pa wan ssu chien
 hachiman shisen
eighty-four thousand

八萬威儀


八万威仪

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bā wàn wēi yí
    ba1 wan4 wei1 yi2
pa wan wei i
 hachiman igi
The bodhisattva's 80,000 duties.

八萬戶蟲


八万户虫

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bā wàn hù chóng
    ba1 wan4 hu4 chong2
pa wan hu ch`ung
    pa wan hu chung
 hachimanko jū
80,000 types of parasites

八萬法門


八万法门

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bā wàn fǎ mén
    ba1 wan4 fa3 men2
pa wan fa men
 hachiman hōmon
eighty thousand dharma entrys

八萬大藏經


八万大藏经

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bā wàn dà zàng jīng
    ba1 wan4 da4 zang4 jing1
pa wan ta tsang ching
 Hachiman daizō kyō
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
Grand Tripiṭaka of the Goryeo

八萬四千法蘊


八万四千法蕴

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bā wàn sì qiān fǎ yùn
    ba1 wan4 si4 qian1 fa3 yun4
pa wan ssu ch`ien fa yün
    pa wan ssu chien fa yün
 hachiman shisen hōun
eighty-four thousand teachings or lessons credited to the Buddha as a cure of all sufferings

八萬四千法門


八万四千法门

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bā wàn sì qiān fǎ mén
    ba1 wan4 si4 qian1 fa3 men2
pa wan ssu ch`ien fa men
    pa wan ssu chien fa men
 hachiman shisen no hōmon
the eighty-four thousand permutations of the [Buddhist] teaching

高麗八萬大藏經


高丽八万大藏经

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gāo lí bā wàn dà zàng jīng
    gao1 li2 ba1 wan4 da4 zang4 jing1
kao li pa wan ta tsang ching
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea

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

This page contains 11 results for "八萬" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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