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安縣


安县

see styles
ān xiàn
    an1 xian4
an hsien
An county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan

安義


安义

see styles
ān yì
    an1 yi4
an i
 yasuyoshi
    やすよし
Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
(male given name) Yasuyoshi

安芸

see styles
 agei / age
    あげい
(hist) Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture); (surname) Agei

安葬

see styles
ān zàng
    an1 zang4
an tsang
to bury (the dead)

安西

see styles
ān xī
    an1 xi1
an hsi
 yasunishi
    やすにし
Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县[Gua1 zhou1 xian4] in Jiuquan 酒泉[Jiu3 quan2], Gansu
(surname) Yasunishi

安車

see styles
 ansha
    あんしゃ
(hist) horse carriage for old people and women in ancient China

安遠


安远

see styles
ān yuǎn
    an1 yuan3
an yüan
 An En
Anyuan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi
Two noted monks of the 晉 Chin dynasty, i. e. 道安 Dao-an and 慧遠 Huiyuan.

安鄉


安乡

see styles
ān xiāng
    an1 xiang1
an hsiang
Anxiang county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan

安難


安难

see styles
ān nàn
    an1 nan4
an nan
(classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity

安養


安养

see styles
ān yǎng
    an1 yang3
an yang
 anyan
    アニャン
to foster; to provide care (esp. for the elderly)
(place-name) Anyang (South Korea)
paradise

安龍


安龙

see styles
ān lóng
    an1 long2
an lung
 anryuu / anryu
    あんりゅう
Anlong county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
(surname) Anryū

宋史

see styles
sòng shǐ
    song4 shi3
sung shih
 soushi / soshi
    そうし
History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书[Song4 shu1])
(work) Songshi; History of Song (one of the official Twenty-Four Histories of China); (wk) Songshi; History of Song (one of the official Twenty-Four Histories of China)

宋学

see styles
 sougaku / sogaku
    そうがく
(See 朱子学) Song-period neo-Confucianism (based esp. on the teachings of Zhu Xi)

宋慈

see styles
sòng cí
    song4 ci2
sung tz`u
    sung tzu
Song Ci (1186-1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集錄|洗冤集录[Xi3yuan1 Ji2lu4] (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text

宋書


宋书

see styles
sòng shū
    song4 shu1
sung shu
History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])

宋江

see styles
sòng jiāng
    song4 jiang1
sung chiang
 soukou / soko
    そうこう
Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传
(personal name) Soukou

宋祁

see styles
sòng qí
    song4 qi2
sung ch`i
    sung chi
Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer, coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dynasty 新唐書|新唐书

宋音

see styles
 souon / soon
    そうおん
(See 唐音・とうおん,宋・そう・1) sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism)

完了

see styles
wán le
    wan2 le5
wan le
 wanra
    ワンラ
to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no
end (chi: wánliǎo); completion

完好

see styles
wán hǎo
    wan2 hao3
wan hao
intact; in good condition

完存

see styles
 kanson
    かんそん
(noun/participle) existing in full; remaining completely

完完

see styles
 kankan
    かんかん
(expression) (1) (often at end of document) (See 完・かん・1,以上・いじょう・5) confirmed as completed; (expression) (2) (abbreviation) (See 完全完売・かんぜんかんばい) everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

完封

see styles
wán fēng
    wan2 feng1
wan feng
 kanpuu / kanpu
    かんぷう
(baseball etc) shutout; to shut out (the opposing team)
(noun, transitive verb) (1) total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {baseb} shutout

完投

see styles
 kantou / kanto
    かんとう
(n,vs,vi) {baseb} going the whole distance; pitching a whole game

完泳

see styles
 kanei / kane
    かんえい
(noun/participle) completion of a swim; swimming the whole distance

完登

see styles
 kantou / kanto
    かんとう
(noun/participle) completing a climb; completing a route (up a mountain); completing a series of climbs (e.g. the Seven Summits); peak bagging

完縣


完县

see styles
wán xiàn
    wan2 xian4
wan hsien
Wan former county, now Shunping county 順平縣|顺平县[Shun4 ping2 xian4] in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei

完読

see styles
 kandoku
    かんどく
(noun/participle) (colloquialism) finishing reading; reading to the end

完走

see styles
 kansou / kanso
    かんそう
(n,vs,vi) finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

完飲

see styles
 kanin
    かんいん
(noun/participle) drinking everything (in one's glass, etc.)

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.

宕昌

see styles
dàng chāng
    dang4 chang1
tang ch`ang
    tang chang
Dangchang county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[Long3 nan2], Gansu

宗主

see styles
zōng zhǔ
    zong1 zhu3
tsung chu
 soushu / soshu
    そうしゅ
head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain
suzerain

宗乘

see styles
zōng shèng
    zong1 sheng4
tsung sheng
 sō jō
The vehicle of a sect, i. e. its essential tenets.

宗儀


宗仪

see styles
zōng yí
    zong1 yi2
tsung i
 sougi / sogi
    そうぎ
(given name) Sougi
The rules or ritual of a sect.

宗元

see styles
zōng yuán
    zong1 yuan2
tsung yüan
 munemoto
    むねもと
(surname) Munemoto
The basic principles of a sect; its origin or cause of existence.

宗分

see styles
zōng fēn
    zong1 fen1
tsung fen
 sōbun
distinctions in tenets

宗匠

see styles
zōng jiàng
    zong1 jiang4
tsung chiang
 soushou / sosho
    そうしょう
person with remarkable academic or artistic attainments; master craftsman; highly esteemed person
master; teacher
The master workman of a sect who founded its doctrines.

宗學


宗学

see styles
zōng xué
    zong1 xue2
tsung hsüeh
 shūgaku
The study or teaching of a sect.

宗室

see styles
zōng shì
    zong1 shi4
tsung shih
 soushitsu / soshitsu
    そうしつ
imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine
(given name) Soushitsu

宗密

see styles
zōng mì
    zong1 mi4
tsung mi
 sumitsu
    すみつ
(person) Zongmi (780-841)
Zongmi, one of the five patriarchs of the Huayan (Avataṃsaka) sect, d. 841.

宗旨

see styles
zōng zhǐ
    zong1 zhi3
tsung chih
 shuushi / shushi
    しゅうし
objective; aim; goal
(1) tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (2) (religious) sect; denomination; religion; faith; (3) one's principles; one's tastes; one's preferences
The main thesis, or ideas, e. g. of a text.

宗極


宗极

see styles
zōng jí
    zong1 ji2
tsung chi
 shūgoku
Ultimate or fundamental principles.

宗正

see styles
zōng zhèng
    zong1 zheng4
tsung cheng
 yahiro
    やひろ
Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
(surname) Yahiro

宗法

see styles
zōng fǎ
    zong1 fa3
tsung fa
 souhou / soho
    そうほう
patriarchal clan system
(hist) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order; (place-name) Souhou
宗體 The thesis of a syllogism consisting of two terms, each of which has five different names: 自性 subject; 差別 its differentiation; 有法 that which acts; 法 the action; 所別 that which is differentiated; 能別 that which differentiates; 前陳 first statement; 後陳 following statement; 宗依 that on which the syllogism depends, both for subject and predicate.

宗派

see styles
zōng pài
    zong1 pai4
tsung p`ai
    tsung pai
 shuuha / shuha
    しゅうは
sect
(1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry)
Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects.

宗祖

see styles
zōng zǔ
    zong1 zu3
tsung tsu
 shuuso / shuso
    しゅうそ
sect founder
The founder of a sect or school.

宗義


宗义

see styles
zōng yì
    zong1 yi4
tsung i
 muneyoshi
    むねよし
denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect; (male given name) Muneyoshi
The tenets of a sect.

宗致

see styles
zōng zhì
    zong1 zhi4
tsung chih
 shūchi
The ultimate or fundamental tenets of a sect.

宗要

see styles
zōng yào
    zong1 yao4
tsung yao
 shūyō
The fundamental tenets of a sect; the important elements, or main principle.

宗說


宗说

see styles
zōng shuō
    zong1 shuo1
tsung shuo
 shū setsu
the thesis states...

宗門


宗门

see styles
zōng mén
    zong1 men2
tsung men
 muneto
    むねと
(religious) denomination; sect; (given name) Muneto
Originally the general name for sects. Later appropriated to itself by the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitional school, which refers to the other schools as 教門 teaching sects, i. e. those who rely on the written word rather than on the 'inner light'.

宗風


宗风

see styles
zōng fēng
    zong1 feng1
tsung feng
 shuufuu / shufu
    しゅうふう
(1) {Buddh} customs of a sect; doctrine; (2) style of a school (e.g. of art)
The customs or traditions of a sect. In the Chan sect it means the regulations of the founder.

宗骨

see styles
zōng gǔ
    zong1 gu3
tsung ku
 shūkotsu
The 'bones' or essential tenets of a sect.

宗體


宗体

see styles
zōng tǐ
    zong1 ti3
tsung t`i
    tsung ti
 shū tei
The body of doctrine of a sect. The thesis of a syllogism, v. 宗法.

官制

see styles
guān zhì
    guan1 zhi4
kuan chih
 kansei / kanse
    かんせい
the civil service system; the bureaucratic system
government-regulated organization or facility, etc. (organisation)

官名

see styles
guān míng
    guan1 ming2
kuan ming
 kanmei / kanme
    かんめい
name of job in Imperial bureaucracy; official position
official position or title

官員


官员

see styles
guān yuán
    guan1 yuan2
kuan yüan
 kanin
    かんいん
official (in an organization or government); administrator
government official

官子

see styles
guān zǐ
    guan1 zi3
kuan tzu
 hiroko
    ひろこ
endgame (in go)
(female given name) Hiroko

官寺

see styles
guān sì
    guan1 si4
kuan ssu
 kanji
    かんじ
state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
government temple

官展

see styles
 kanten
    かんてん
exhibition sponsored by the government

官庫

see styles
 kanko
    かんこ
(1) national treasury; (2) warehouse owned by the government

官戸

see styles
 kanko
    かんこ
(hist) low-caste servants of public ministries (in the ritsuryō system)

官治

see styles
 kanji
    かんじ
(See 自治・1) direct administration by the government; (surname) Kanji

官物

see styles
 kanbutsu; kanmotsu
    かんぶつ; かんもつ
(1) government property; (2) (かんもつ only) taxes and other fees paid by the provinces to the government (ritsuryō system)

官田

see styles
guān tián
    guan1 tian2
kuan t`ien
    kuan tien
 kanta
    かんた
Guantian, the name of townships in various locations; Guantian, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan
(surname) Kanta

官立

see styles
 kanritsu
    かんりつ
(adj-no,n) (obsolete) (See 国立) national; founded by the government

官職


官职

see styles
guān zhí
    guan1 zhi2
kuan chih
 kanshoku
    かんしょく
an official position; a job in the bureaucracy
(See 公職) government service; official position; civil service

官能

see styles
guān néng
    guan1 neng2
kuan neng
 kannou / kanno
    かんのう
organic function; physical faculty; sense (of sight, hearing, smell etc)
(1) the senses; (2) sensuality; carnality; (surname) Kannou

官話


官话

see styles
guān huà
    guan1 hua4
kuan hua
 kanwa
    かんわ
"officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin
(1) (hist) Qing Mandarin (standard variety of Chinese spoken by official classes during the Qing dynasty); (2) Mandarin (branch of Chinese spoken in northern and southwestern China)

官邸

see styles
guān dǐ
    guan1 di3
kuan ti
 kantei / kante
    かんてい
official residence
(See 私邸) official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)

官難


官难

see styles
guān nán
    guan1 nan2
kuan nan
 kannan
In danger from the law; official oppression.

定下

see styles
dìng xià
    ding4 xia4
ting hsia
to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)

定光

see styles
dìng guāng
    ding4 guang1
ting kuang
 joukou / joko
    じょうこう
(place-name) Jōkou
(1) Dīpaṃkara 提洹羯; 然燈佛, to whom Śākyamuni offered five lotuses when the latter was 儒童 Rutong Bodhisattva, and was thereupon designated as a coming Buddha. He is called the twenty-fourth predecessor of Śākyamuni. He appears whenever a Buddha preaches the Lotus Sutra. (2) Crystal, or some other bright stone.

定力

see styles
dìng lì
    ding4 li4
ting li
 jouriki / joriki
    じょうりき
ability to concentrate; willpower; resolve
(place-name) Jōriki
samādhibala. The power of abstract or ecstatic meditation, ability to overcome all disturbing thoughts, the fourth of the five bāla 五力; described also as 攝心 powers of mind-control.

定南

see styles
dìng nán
    ding4 nan2
ting nan
Dingnan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi

定命

see styles
dìng mìng
    ding4 ming4
ting ming
 joumyou; teimei / jomyo; teme
    じょうみょう; ていめい
(1) {Buddh} one's predestined length of life; (2) (ていめい only) destiny; fate
Determined period of life; fate.

定善

see styles
dìng shàn
    ding4 shan4
ting shan
 sadayoshi
    さだよし
(male given name) Sadayoshi
the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation

定妃

see styles
dìng fēi
    ding4 fei1
ting fei
 jōhi
The female figures representing meditation in the maṇḍalas; male is wisdom, female is meditation.

定學


定学

see styles
dìng xué
    ding4 xue2
ting hsüeh
 jōgaku
Learning through meditation, one of the three forms of learning 三學.

定居

see styles
dìng jū
    ding4 ju1
ting chü
 sadai
    さだい
to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
(surname) Sadai

定州

see styles
dìng zhōu
    ding4 zhou1
ting chou
 chonchu
    チョンチュ
Dingzhou, county-level city in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei
(place-name) Chongju (North Korea); Jongju

定年

see styles
 sadatoshi
    さだとし
(1) retirement age; (2) (archaism) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion; (personal name) Sadatoshi

定式

see styles
dìng shì
    ding4 shi4
ting shih
 teishiki; joushiki / teshiki; joshiki
    ていしき; じょうしき
joseki (fixed opening pattern in go game)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) formula; prescribed form; established formality

定律

see styles
dìng lǜ
    ding4 lu:4
ting lü
 yasunori
    やすのり
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy); (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
fixed law; (personal name) Yasunori

定心

see styles
dìng xīn
    ding4 xin1
ting hsin
 jōshin
定意 A mind fixed in meditation.

定忍

see styles
dìng rěn
    ding4 ren3
ting jen
 jōnin
Patience and perseverance in meditation.

定性

see styles
dìng xìng
    ding4 xing4
ting hsing
 teisei / tese
    ていせい
to determine the nature (of something); to determine the chemical composition (of a substance); qualitative
(can be adjective with の) qualitative
Fixed nature; settled mind. A classification of 'five kinds of nature' 五種性 is made by the 法相宗, the first two being the 定性二乘, i. e. śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, whose mind is fixed on arhatship, and not on Buddhahood. The 定性喜樂地 is the second dhyāna heaven of form, in which the occupants abide in surpassing meditation or trance, which produces mental joy.

定慧

see styles
dìng huì
    ding4 hui4
ting hui
 jōe
Meditation and wisdom, two of the six pāramitās; likened to the two hands, the left meditation, the right wisdom.

定散

see styles
dìng sàn
    ding4 san4
ting san
 jōsan
A settled, or a wandering mind; the mind organized by meditation, or disorganized by distraction. The first is characteristic of the saint and sage, the second of the common untutored man. The fixed heart may or may not belong to the realm of transmigration; the distracted heart has the distinctions of good, bad, or indifferent.

定日

see styles
dìng rì
    ding4 ri4
ting jih
 teijitsu; jounichi; joujitsu / tejitsu; jonichi; jojitsu
    ていじつ; じょうにち; じょうじつ
Tingri town and county, Tibetan: Ding ri rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet
fixed date; appointed day

定本

see styles
 teimoto / temoto
    ていもと
(1) revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; edition incorporating many changes and corrections; (2) final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author; (surname) Teimoto

定根

see styles
dìng gēn
    ding4 gen1
ting ken
 jōkon
samādhīndriya. Meditation as the root of all virtue, being the fourth of the five indriya 五根.

定業


定业

see styles
dìng yè
    ding4 ye4
ting yeh
 teigyou / tegyo
    ていぎょう
regular employment
Fixed karma, rebirth determined by the good or bad actions of the past. Also, the work of meditation with its result.

定水

see styles
dìng shuǐ
    ding4 shui3
ting shui
 sadamizu
    さだみず
(surname) Sadamizu
Calm waters; quieting the waters of the heart (and so beholding the Buddha, as the moon is reflected in still water).

定當


定当

see styles
dìng dàng
    ding4 dang4
ting tang
 jōtō
settled; ready; finished
definitely on the mark

定相

see styles
dìng xiàng
    ding4 xiang4
ting hsiang
 jōsō
Fixity, determined, determination, settled, unchanging, nirvāṇa. The appearance of meditation.

定着

see styles
 teichaku / techaku
    ていちゃく
(n,vs,vi) (1) sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; fixing; adherence; (n,vs,vi) (2) becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; taking root; (n,vs,vi) (3) {photo} fixation; fixing

定石

see styles
 sadaishi
    さだいし
(1) standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; formula; (2) {go} joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner); (surname) Sadaishi

定級


定级

see styles
dìng jí
    ding4 ji2
ting chi
to grade; to rank; to establish the level of sb or something

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

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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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