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yǎn
    yan3
yen
 manako
    まなこ

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Eyeballs / Eyes
eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
(1) eye; eyeball; (2) (archaism) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (3) (archaism) insight; perceptivity; power of observation; (4) (archaism) look; field of vision; (5) (archaism) core; center; centre; essence; (surname) Mesaki
cakṣuh, the eye.

阿修羅


阿修罗

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ā xiū luó
    a1 xiu1 luo2
a hsiu lo
 ashura; asura
    あしゅら; あすら

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Frightful Demon / Asura
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
{Buddh} Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (female given name) Ashura
asura, 修羅 originally meaning a spirit, spirits, or even the gods, it generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as 'not devas', and 'ugly', and 'without wine'. Other forms are 阿須羅 (or 阿蘇羅, or 阿素羅); 阿修倫 (or羅須倫 or 阿修輪 or 羅須輪); 阿素洛; 阿差. Four classes are named according to their manner of rebirth-egg, born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru, but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas. The 阿修羅道 is one of the six gatis, or ways of reincarnation. The 修羅場 or 修羅巷 is the battlefield of the asuras against Indra. The 阿修羅琴 are their harps.

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xiù
    xiu4
hsiu
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
cave; mountain peak
(1) (archaism) cave; cavern; (2) (くき only) (archaism) peak; summit; (personal name) Shuu

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    ku1
k`u
    ku
 iwaya
    いわや
cave; hole
(kana only) caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods; cavern; grotto; (surname) Iwaya
gūha. A cave.

岩穴

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yán xué
    yan2 xue2
yen hsüeh
 iwaana / iwana
    いわあな
grotto; cave
rock cave; rock cavern; (place-name, surname) Iwaana

洞穴

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dòng xué
    dong4 xue2
tung hsüeh
 horaana / horana
    ほらあな
    douketsu / doketsu
    どうけつ
cave; cavern
cave; den; grotto

洞窟

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dòng kū
    dong4 ku1
tung k`u
    tung ku
 doukutsu / dokutsu
    どうくつ
a cave
cave; cavern; grotto; (place-name) Doukutsu

石窟

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shí kū
    shi2 ku1
shih k`u
    shih ku
 sekkutsu
    せっくつ
rock cave; grotto; cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
cavern; grotto; rock cave
cave

穴居

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xué jū
    xue2 ju1
hsüeh chü
 kekkyo
    けっきょ
to live in a cave; (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) cave dwelling; troglodytism

風穴


风穴

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fēng xué
    feng1 xue2
feng hsüeh
 kazaana / kazana
    かざあな
wind cave
cave from which cold wind blows; (surname) Kazaana

穴居人

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xué jū rén
    xue2 ju1 ren2
hsüeh chü jen
 kekkyojin
    けっきょじん
cave man
cave dweller; caveman

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    ku1
k`u
    ku
 bori
    ぼり
cave; hole
(1) moat; fosse; (2) canal; ditch; (personal name) Bori

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kǒng
    kong3
k`ung
    kung
 tooru
    とおる
hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings
(n,n-suf) (1) hole; (2) deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); (3) vacancy; opening; (4) flaw; (5) profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; (6) upset victory (with a large payoff); (7) (slang) pit (of a theater); (8) (archaism) hiding place; (9) (archaism) underbelly (of society, etc.); (given name) Tooru
A hole: surname of Confucius; great, very; a peacock.

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tián
    tian2
t`ien
    tien
cave; hole

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    ke4
k`o
    ko
cave; cavern; also pr. [ke1]

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    he2
ho
 ō
A cave.

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tóng
    tong2
t`ung
    tung
 horasaki
    ほらさき
used in 洪洞[Hong2 tong2], a county in Shanxi
hollow; cavity; hole; cave; (surname) Horasaki
A hole, cave; to see through, know.

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diāo
    diao1
tiao
rock cave (archaic)

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xué
    xue2
hsüeh
 ana
    あな
cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]
(1) (colloquialism) ass; arse; buttocks; (2) (colloquialism) rear; end; (3) acupuncture point; (counter) (4) hole; notch; (n,n-suf) (1) hole; (2) deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); (3) vacancy; opening; (4) flaw; (5) profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; (6) upset victory (with a large payoff); (7) (slang) pit (of a theater); (8) (archaism) hiding place; (9) (archaism) underbelly (of society, etc.); (surname) Ana
a hole

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jiào
    jiao4
chiao
 anagura
    あなぐら
cellar; to store in a cellar
cellar; cave; hole in the ground

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dàn
    dan4
tan
pit; cave


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yáo
    yao2
yao
 kama
    かま
kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel
stove; furnace; kiln; (place-name) Kama

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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 kan
pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
to fall into

人穴

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 hitoana
    ひとあな
volcanic cave traditionally said to be inhabited; (place-name) Hitoana

仙窟

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 senkutsu
    せんくつ
enchanted cave

六行

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liù xíng
    liu4 xing2
liu hsing
 rokugyō
Among Buddhists the term means the practice of the 六度 six pāramitās; it is referred, among outsiders, to the six austerities of the six kinds of heretics: (1) 自餓 starvation; (2) 投淵 naked cave-dwelling (or, throwing oneself down precipices); (3) 赴火 self-immolation, or self-torturing by fire; (4) 自坐 sitting naked in public; (5) 寂默 dwelling in silence among graves; (6) 牛狗 living as animals.

冒頂


冒顶

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mào dǐng
    mao4 ding3
mao ting
(mining) roof fall; to have the roof cave in

凹む

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 hekomu
    へこむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to be dented; to be indented; to yield; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in; (v5m,vi) (2) to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to yield; to give in; to give up; (v5m,vi) (3) (colloquialism) (See ヘコむ) to be disheartened; to feel down; to feel depressed; (v5m,vi) (4) to suffer a loss; to lose

凹陷

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āo xiàn
    ao1 xian4
ao hsien
to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed

土窟

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tǔ kū
    tu3 ku1
t`u k`u
    tu ku
 dokutsu
dirt cave

土窯


土窑

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tǔ yáo
    tu3 yao2
t`u yao
    tu yao
 dogama
    どがま
earthen kiln; loess cave
earthen kiln

地洞

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dì dòng
    di4 dong4
ti tung
tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout

塌方

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tā fāng
    ta1 fang1
t`a fang
    ta fang
to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide

塌陷

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tā xiàn
    ta1 xian4
t`a hsien
    ta hsien
to subside; to sink; to cave in

奥壁

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 okuheki
    おくへき
inner wall (e.g. cave); inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)

小乘

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xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

山洞

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shān dòng
    shan1 dong4
shan tung
 yamahora
    やまほら
cavern; cave
(place-name) Yamahora

岩室

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 iwamuro
    いわむろ
cave; (place-name, surname) Iwamuro

岩戸

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 iwato
    いわと
rock door (to a cave); (place-name, surname) Iwado

岩牢

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 iwarou / iwaro
    いわろう
(rare) cave prison; cliffside jail

岩窟

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 gankutsu
    がんくつ
cave; cavern

崩毀


崩毁

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bēng huǐ
    beng1 hui3
peng hui
to collapse; to cave in

崩落

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bēng luò
    beng1 luo4
peng lo
 houraku / horaku
    ほうらく
talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide
(n,vs,vi) (1) collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (n,vs,vi) (2) market decline; market crash

崩陷

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bēng xiàn
    beng1 xian4
peng hsien
to fall in; to cave in

巌窟

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 gankutsu
    がんくつ
cave; cavern

巖穴

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yán xuè
    yan2 xue4
yen hsüeh
 ganketsu
a mountain cave

投淵


投渊

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tóu yuān
    tou2 yuan1
t`ou yüan
    tou yüan
 tōen
To cast oneself into an abyss (hoping for eternal life).

挖穴

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wā xué
    wa1 xue2
wa hsüeh
to excavate; to dig out a cave

敦煌

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dūn huáng
    dun1 huang2
tun huang
 tonkou / tonko
    とんこう
see 敦煌市[Dun1 huang2 Shi4]
(irregular kanji usage) (noun or adjectival noun) sincerity and kindheartedness; honesty and simplicity; (place-name) Dunhuang (China)
(or 燉煌) The city in Kansu near which are the 千佛洞 Cave-temples of the thousand Buddhas; where a monk in A. D. 1900, sweeping away the collected sand, broke through a partition and found a room full of MSS. ranging in date from the beginning of the 5th to the end of the 10th century, together with block prints and paintings, first brought to light by Sir Aurel Stein.

横穴

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 yokoana; ouketsu / yokoana; oketsu
    よこあな; おうけつ
(1) cave; tunnel; (2) tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

沉降

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chén jiàng
    chen2 jiang4
ch`en chiang
    chen chiang
to subside; to cave in; subsidence

沉陷

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chén xiàn
    chen2 xian4
ch`en hsien
    chen hsien
to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside; (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)

洞口

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dòng kǒu
    dong4 kou3
tung k`ou
    tung kou
 horaguchi
    ほらぐち
cave mouth; tunnel entrance
(place-name, surname) Horaguchi

洞子

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dòng zi
    dong4 zi5
tung tzu
cave; pit; (coll.) greenhouse

洞山

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dòng shān
    dong4 shan1
tung shan
 horayama
    ほらやま
(surname) Horayama
Cave hill or monastery in Yün-chou, modern Jui-chou, Kiangsi, noted for its T'ang teacher悟本 Wu-pen.

洞府

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dòng fǔ
    dong4 fu3
tung fu
cave dwelling; legendary abode of immortals

洞門

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 doumon / domon
    どうもん
cave entrance; tunnel; (place-name) Doumon

溶洞

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róng dòng
    rong2 dong4
jung tung
(geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave)

石洞

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shí dòng
    shi2 dong4
shih tung
 sekidou / sekido
    せきどう
cave; cavern
(given name) Sekidou

石牢

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 ishirou / ishiro
    いしろう
(rare) jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave prison

神仙

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shén xiān
    shen2 xian1
shen hsien
 shinsen
    しんせん
Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
神僊 The genī, immortals, ṛṣi, of whom the five kinds are 天, 神, 人, 地, and 鬼仙, i.e. deva, spirit, human, earth (or cave), and preta immortals.

禪窟


禅窟

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chán kū
    chan2 ku1
ch`an k`u
    chan ku
 zen kutsu
A cell, or cave, for meditation, or retirement from the world.

穴倉

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 shishikura
    ししくら
cellar; cave; hole in the ground; (surname) Shishikura

穴蔵

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 anagura
    あなぐら
cellar; cave; hole in the ground; (surname) Anagura

空洞

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kōng dòng
    kong1 dong4
k`ung tung
    kung tung
 kuudou / kudo
    くうどう
cavity; empty; vacuous
(1) cave; hollow; cavity; (can be adjective with の) (2) hollow

窟內


窟内

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kūn ei
    kun1 ei4
k`un ei
    kun ei
 kutsunai
Within the cave,' the assembly of the elder disciples, after Śākyamuni's death, in the cave near Magadha, when, according to tradition, Kāśyapa presided over the compiling of the Tripiṭaka; while at the same time the 窟外 disciples 'without the cave' compiled another canon known as the 五藏 Pañcapiṭaka. To this separation is ascribed, without evidence, the formation of the two schools of the 上座部 Mahāsthavirāḥ and 大衆部 Mahāsāṅghikaḥ.

窟外

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kū wài
    ku1 wai4
k`u wai
    ku wai
 kutsuge
outside the cave

窟院

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 kutsuin
    くついん
cave temple

窪む

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 kubomu
    くぼむ
(v5m,vi) to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

窯洞


窑洞

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yáo dòng
    yao2 dong4
yao tung
yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China); CL:孔[kong3]

竃馬

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 kamadouma / kamadoma
    かまどうま
(kana only) camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis); camelback cricket; cave cricket; spider cricket

竈馬

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 itodo
    いとど
(kana only) camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis); camelback cricket; cave cricket; spider cricket; (given name) Itodo

結集


结集

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jié jí
    jie2 ji2
chieh chi
 kesshuu / kesshu
    けっしゅう
(n,vs,vt,vi) concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
The collection and fixing of the Buddhist canon; especially the first assembly which gathered to recite the scriptures, Saṅgīti. Six assemblies for creation or revision of the canon are named, the first at the Pippala cave at Rājagṛha under Ajātaśatru, the second at Vaiśālī, the third at Pāṭaliputra under Aśoka, the fourth in Kashmir under Kaniṣka, the fifth at the Vulture Peak for the Mahāyāna, and the sixth for the esoteric canon. The first is sometimes divided into two, that of those within 'the cave', and that of those without, i.e. the intimate disciples, and the greater assembly without; the accounts are conflicting and unreliable. The notable three disciples to whom the first reciting is attributed are Kāśyapa, as presiding elder, Ānanda for the Sūtras and the Abhidharma, and Upāli for the Vinaya; others attribute the Abhidharma to Pūrṇa, or Kāśyapa; but, granted the premises, whatever form their work may have taken, it cannot have been that of the existing Tripiṭaka. The fifth and sixth assemblies are certainly imaginary.

落盤

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 rakuban
    らくばん
(noun/participle) cave-in

落磐

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 rakuban
    らくばん
(noun/participle) cave-in

識窟


识窟

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shì kū
    shi4 ku1
shih k`u
    shih ku
 shikikutsu
cave of consciousness

車帝


车帝

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chē dì
    che1 di4
ch`e ti
    che ti
 Shatai
The name of a cave, said to be Śataparṇa, or Saptaparṇaguhā.

陥没

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 kanbotsu
    かんぼつ
(n,vs,vi) cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

陥落

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 kanraku
    かんらく
(n,vs,vi) (1) subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in; (n,vs,vi) (2) fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; (n,vs,vi) (3) fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion; (n,vs,vi) (4) (colloquialism) giving in (to someone's persuasion); yielding; being convinced

陰穴


阴穴

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yīn xué
    yin1 xue2
yin hsüeh
cave; (coll.) vagina

頂板


顶板

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dǐng bǎn
    ding3 ban3
ting pan
roof; roof plate; rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine; abacus

須彌


须弥

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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.

龍洞


龙洞

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lóng dòng
    long2 dong4
lung tung
 ryuudou / ryudo
    りゅうどう
cave; natural cavern (in limestone)
(given name) Ryūdou

龕窟

see styles
kān kū
    kan1 ku1
k`an k`u
    kan ku
cave

いとど

see styles
 itodo
    いとど
(1) old name for a cave cricket; (2) even though; despite; even more; still

イドラ

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 idora
    イドラ
idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater) (lat: idola)

ほら穴

see styles
 horaana / horana
    ほらあな
cave; den; grotto

七葉巖


七叶巖

see styles
qī shě yán
    qi1 she3 yan2
ch`i she yen
    chi she yen
 shichiyō gan
The crag at Rājagṛha on which the "seven-leaf tree" grew in the cave beneath which the first "synod" is said to have been held after the Buddha's death, to recall and determine his teaching.

七葉窟


七叶窟

see styles
qī shě kū
    qi1 she3 ku1
ch`i she k`u
    chi she ku
 shichiyōkutsu
cave of the seven leaves

佛影窟

see styles
fó yǐng kū
    fo2 ying3 ku1
fo ying k`u
    fo ying ku
 Butsuyōkutsu
Buddha-Shadow Cave

倒れる

see styles
 taoreru
    たおれる
(v1,vi) (1) to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple; (v1,vi) (2) to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away; (v1,vi) (3) to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork); (v1,vi) (4) to die; to be killed; (v1,vi) (5) to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under; (v1,vi) (6) to be defeated (in a game); to lose; (v1,vi) (7) to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown

大衆部


大众部

see styles
dà zhòng bù
    da4 zhong4 bu4
ta chung pu
 daishubu
    だいしゅぶ
(See 上座部) Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
摩調僧祇部 Mahāsāṅghikāḥ, the school of the community, or majority; one of the chief early divisions, cf. 上坐部 Mahāsthavirāḥ or Sthavirāḥ, i.e. the elders. There are two usages of the term, first, when the sthavira, or older disciples assembled in the cave after the Buddha's death, and the others, the 大衆, assembled outside. As sects, the principal division was that which took place later. The Chinese attribute this division to the influence of 大天 Mahādeva, a century after the Nirvāṇa, and its subsequent five subdivisions are also associated with his name: they are Pūrvasailāḥ, Avaraśailāḥ, Haimavatāḥ, Lokottara-vādinaḥ, and Prajñapti-vādinaḥ; v. 小乘.

奥深い

see styles
 okufukai; okubukai
    おくふかい; おくぶかい
(adjective) (1) profound; deep; (adjective) (2) deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

岩壁画

see styles
 ganpekiga
    がんぺきが
rock painting; cave painting; pictograph

帝釋巖


帝释巖

see styles
dì shì yán
    di4 shi4 yan2
ti shih yen
 Taishaku gan
帝釋窟 Indraśīlāguhā, Indra's cave at Nālandā in Magadha, where Indra is supposed to have sought relief for his doubts from the Buddha.

帝釋窟


帝释窟

see styles
dì shì kū
    di4 shi4 ku1
ti shih k`u
    ti shih ku
 taishaku kutsu
Indra's cave

水簾洞


水帘洞

see styles
shuǐ lián dòng
    shui3 lian2 dong4
shui lien tung
cave with a waterfall at its mouth

洞窟熊

see styles
 horaanaguma; horaanaguma / horanaguma; horanaguma
    ほらあなぐま; ホラアナグマ
(kana only) cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)

海食洞

see styles
 kaishokudou / kaishokudo
    かいしょくどう
sea cave; marine cave

獅子窟


狮子窟

see styles
shī zǐ kū
    shi1 zi3 ku1
shih tzu k`u
    shih tzu ku
 shishi kutsu
lion's cave

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

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