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大刧 大劫 see styles |
dà jié da4 jie2 ta chieh daikō |
mahākalpa. The great kalpa, from the beginning of a universe till it is destroyed and another begins in its place. It has four kalpas or periods known as vivarta 成刧 the creation period; vivarta‐siddha 住刧 the appearance of sun and moon, i.e. light, and the period of life, human and general; saṃvarta 壤刧 or 滅刧 destruction first by fire, then water, then fire, then deluge, then a great wind, i.e. water during seven small kalpas, fire during 56 and wind one, in all 64; saṃvartatthāhi 増滅刧 total destruction gradually reaching the void. A great kalpa is calculated as eighty small kalpas and to last 1,347,000,000 years. |
大教 see styles |
dà jiào da4 jiao4 ta chiao daikyō |
The great teaching. (1) That of the Buddha. (2) Tantrayāna. The mahātantra, yoga, yogacarya, or tantra school which claims Samantabhadra as its founder. It aims at ecstatic union of the individual soul with the world soul, Iśvara. From this result the eight great powers of Siddhi (aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi), namely, ability to (1) make one's body lighter (laghiman); (2) heavier (gaiman); (3) smaller (aṇiman); (4) larger (mahiman) than anything in the world ; (5) reach any place (prāpti) ; (6) assume any shape (prākāmya) ; (7) control all natural laws (īśitva) ; (8) make everything depend upon oneself; all at will (v.如意身 and 神足). By means of mystic formulas (Tantras or dhāraṇīs), or spells (mantras), accompanied by music and manipulation of the hands (mūdra), a state of mental fixity characterized neither by thought nor the annihilation of thought, can be reached. This consists of six-fold bodily and mental happiness (yoga), and from this results power to work miracles. Asaṅga compiled his mystic doctrines circa A.D. 500. The system was introduced into China A.D. 647 by Xuanzang's translation of the Yogācārya-bhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論 ; v. 瑜. On the basis of this, Amoghavajra established the Chinese branch of the school A.D. 720 ; v. 阿目. This was popularized by the labours of Vajrabodhi A.D. 732 ; v. 金剛智. |
大日 see styles |
dà rì da4 ri4 ta jih dainichi だいにち |
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism; (place-name, surname) Dainichi Vairocana, or Mahāvairocana 大日如來; 遍照如來; 摩訶毘盧遮那； 毘盧遮那; 大日覺王 The sun, "shining everywhere" The chief object of worship of the Shingon sect in Japan, "represented by the gigantic image in the temple at Nara." (Eliot.) There he is known as Dai-nichi-nyorai. He is counted as the first, and according to some, the origin of the five celestial Buddhas (dhyāni-buddhas, or jinas). He dwells quiescent in Arūpa-dhātu, the Heaven beyond form, and is the essence of wisdom (bodhi) and of absolute purity. Samantabhadra 普賢 is his dhyāni-bodhisattva. The 大日經 "teaches that Vairocana is the whole world, which is divided into Garbhadhātu (material) and Vajradhātu (indestructible), the two together forming Dharmadhātu. The manifestations of Vairocana's body to himself―that is, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ―are represented symbolically by diagrams of several circles ". Eliot. In the 金剛界 or vajradhātu maṇḍala he is the center of the five groups. In the 胎藏界 or Garbhadhātu he is the center of the eight-leaf (lotus) court. His appearance, symbols, esoteric word, differ according to the two above distinctions. Generally he is considered as an embodiment of the Truth 法, both in the sense of dharmakāya 法身 and dharmaratna 法寳. Some hold Vairocana to be the dharmakāya of Śākyamuni 大日與釋迦同一佛 but the esoteric school denies this identity. Also known as 最高顯廣眼藏如來, the Tathagata who, in the highest, reveals the far-reaching treasure of his eye, i.e. the sun. 大日大聖不動明王 is described as one of his transformations. Also, a śramaņa of Kashmir (contemporary of Padma-saṃbhava); he is credited with introducing Buddhism into Khotan and being an incarnation of Mañjuśrī; the king Vijaya Saṃbhava built a monastery for him. |
大歳 see styles |
daisai だいさい |
(1) Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi; (2) (archaism) Jupiter (planet); (1) (archaism) New Year's Eve; December 31st; (2) (archaism) Jupiter (planet); (surname) Daisai |
大物 see styles |
daimotsu だいもつ |
(1) important person; influential figure; big shot; big name; bigwig; heavyweight; (2) big thing; big one; big game; big catch; whopper; valuable thing; (place-name) Daimotsu |
大腕 see styles |
dà wàn da4 wan4 ta wan |
(coll.) big shot; big name; bigwig; heavyweight |
大陰 see styles |
ookage おおかげ |
(See 八将神) Daion; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar; (surname) Ookage |
天道 see styles |
tiān dào tian1 dao4 t`ien tao tien tao tendou / tendo てんどう |
natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect) (1) (てんとう only) the sun; (2) god of heaven and the earth; (3) laws governing the heavens; (4) {astron} celestial path; celestial motion; (5) {Buddh} (See 六道) deva realm (svarga); (surname, given name) Tendō deva-gati, or devasopāna, 天趣. (1) The highest of the six paths 六道, the realm of devas, i. e. the eighteen heavens of form and four of formlessness. A place of enjoyment, where the meritorious enjoy the fruits of good karma, but not a place of progress toward bodhisattva perfection. (2) The Dao of Heaven, natural law, cosmic energy; according to the Daoists, the origin and law of all things. |
天順 天顺 see styles |
tiān shùn tian1 shun4 t`ien shun tien shun |
Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] |
太る see styles |
futoru ふとる |
(v5r,vi) to grow fat (stout, plump); to become fat; to gain weight |
太歳 see styles |
dasai ださい |
(1) Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi; (2) (archaism) Jupiter (planet); (surname) Dasai |
失重 see styles |
shī zhòng shi1 zhong4 shih chung |
weightlessness |
奇術 see styles |
kijutsu きじゅつ |
magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain |
奔荼 see styles |
bēn tú ben1 tu2 pen t`u pen tu honda |
(奔荼利迦) puṇḍarīka, the white lotus, v. 分 or 芬; also the last of the eight great cold hells, v. 地獄. |
婆藪 婆薮 see styles |
pó sǒu po2 sou3 p`o sou po sou basō |
vasu 婆萸; good; rich; sweet; dry; according to Monier-Williams, eight personifications of natural phenomena; eight; the sun, etc.; father of Kṛṣṇa; intp. as the first to offer slain sacrifices to Heaven, to have been cast into hell, but after countless kalpas to have become a disciple of Buddha. Also called Vasudeva. Also name of certain devas, e.g. Viṣṇu; and other beings whom men serve, e.g. a father. |
字重 see styles |
zì zhòng zi4 zhong4 tzu chung |
font weight |
定艙 定舱 see styles |
dìng cāng ding4 cang1 ting ts`ang ting tsang |
(of freight or cargo) to book |
宣揚 宣扬 see styles |
xuān yáng xuan1 yang2 hsüan yang senyou / senyo せんよう |
to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide (noun, transitive verb) enhancement (e.g. of national prestige); raising; heightening; promotion; (given name) Sen'you enhance |
宵月 see styles |
yoizuki よいづき |
(See 夕月) evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) |
宿曜 see styles |
sù yào su4 yao4 su yao sukuyou; shukuyou / sukuyo; shukuyo すくよう; しゅくよう |
(See 宿曜経) form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing The twenty-eight constellations and seven luminaries. |
宿禰 see styles |
sukune すくね |
(1) (archaism) (honorific or respectful language) Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.); (2) (archaism) (See 八色の姓) Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles); (personal name) Sukune |
寶池 宝池 see styles |
bǎo chí bao3 chi2 pao ch`ih pao chih takaraike たからいけ |
(surname) Takaraike The precious lake of the eight virtuous characteristics in the Pure Land. |
小乘 see styles |
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. |
小学 see styles |
shougaku / shogaku しょうがく |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 小学校) elementary school; primary school; grade school; (2) (hist) school for children over eight years old in ancient China; (3) traditional Chinese philology |
就役 see styles |
shuueki / shueki しゅうえき |
(n,vs,vi) (1) being placed on duty; (n,vs,vi) (2) going into commission (of a warship, freighter, etc.); being placed in commission |
山斤 see styles |
shān jīn shan1 jin1 shan chin sankin |
The weight of a mountain, or of Sumeru— may be more readily ascertained than the eternity of the Buddha. |
左溪 see styles |
zuǒ qī zuo3 qi1 tso ch`i tso chi Sakei |
Zuoxi, the eighth Tiantai patriarch, named Xuanlang 玄朗. |
市兩 市两 see styles |
shì liǎng shi4 liang3 shih liang |
Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 50 grams |
市擔 市担 see styles |
shì dàn shi4 dan4 shih tan |
Chinese unit of weight equal to 100 jin (or 50 kg) |
市斤 see styles |
shì jīn shi4 jin1 shih chin |
Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg |
市錢 市钱 see styles |
shì qián shi4 qian2 shih ch`ien shih chien |
Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 5 grams |
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. |
平体 see styles |
hiratai ひらたい |
{print} vertically condensed type; font compressed by height; (surname) Hiratai |
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. |
座高 see styles |
zakou / zako ざこう |
one's sitting height |
建端 see styles |
tappa たっぱ |
(1) (archit) height (of a building, etc.); (2) (kana only) height (of a person, thing, etc.) |
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 kousei / kose こうせい |
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. |
強弓 see styles |
goukyuu; tsuyoyumi; kyoukyuu; kowayumi(ok) / gokyu; tsuyoyumi; kyokyu; kowayumi(ok) ごうきゅう; つよゆみ; きょうきゅう; こわゆみ(ok) |
bow with a heavy draw weight; someone who wields a heavy-draw-weight bow |
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 |
律詩 律诗 see styles |
lǜ shī lu:4 shi1 lü shih risshi りっし |
regular verse; strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming lüshi; form of Chinese poetry with eight lines of seven or five characters |
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 |
成化 see styles |
chéng huà cheng2 hua4 ch`eng hua cheng hua |
Chenghua, reign title of the eighth Ming emperor (reigned 1465-1487) |
成色 see styles |
chéng sè cheng2 se4 ch`eng se cheng se |
relative purity of silver or gold; purity in carat weight; quality; fineness |
我愛 我爱 see styles |
wǒ ài wo3 ai4 wo ai ga-ai |
Self-love; the love of or attachment to the ego, arising with the eighth vijñāna. |
戰酣 战酣 see styles |
zhàn hān zhan4 han1 chan han |
(literary) at the height of the battle |
手品 see styles |
tejina てじな |
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand |
手妻 see styles |
tezuma てづま |
sleight of hand |
才量 see styles |
sairyou / sairyo さいりょう |
(1) wisdom and magnanimity; witty intelligence and large-mindedness; (2) measurement; volume and weight |
承托 see styles |
chéng tuō cheng2 tuo1 ch`eng t`o cheng to |
to support; to bear (a weight); to prop up |
承載 承载 see styles |
chéng zài cheng2 zai4 ch`eng tsai cheng tsai |
to bear the weight; to sustain |
抑え see styles |
osae おさえ |
weight (e.g. paperweight); rear guard; control; check; pressure |
抓舉 抓举 see styles |
zhuā jǔ zhua1 ju3 chua chü |
snatch (weightlifting technique) |
折秤 see styles |
shé chèng she2 cheng4 she ch`eng she cheng |
discrepancy in weight |
抬秤 see styles |
tái chèng tai2 cheng4 t`ai ch`eng tai cheng |
large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to adjust the counterweight |
押え see styles |
osae おさえ |
weight (e.g. paperweight); rear guard; control; check; pressure |
拖拉 see styles |
tuō lā tuo1 la1 t`o la to la |
to drag along; to haul; (fig.) to procrastinate; shilly-shallying; sluggish; (computing) drag and drop; (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams |
挑高 see styles |
tiāo gāo tiao1 gao1 t`iao kao tiao kao |
(architecture) high-ceilinged; to raise (a ceiling) to a height of; ceiling height |
挺舉 挺举 see styles |
tǐng jǔ ting3 ju3 t`ing chü ting chü |
clean and jerk (weightlifting technique) |
掉秤 see styles |
diào chèng diao4 cheng4 tiao ch`eng tiao cheng |
to lose weight (of cattle) |
掉膘 see styles |
diào biāo diao4 biao1 tiao piao |
to lose weight (of cattle) |
掛目 see styles |
kakeme かけめ |
(1) weight; (2) loan-to-value ratio; loanable value; (3) yarn over (knitting stitch) |
推舉 推举 see styles |
tuī jǔ tui1 ju3 t`ui chü tui chü |
to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose; (weightlifting) to (clean and) press |
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 |
揚程 see styles |
youtei / yote ようてい |
lifting height (of a pump, etc.) |
搬運 搬运 see styles |
bān yùn ban1 yun4 pan yün |
freight; transport; portage; to transport; to carry |
操盤 操盘 see styles |
cāo pán cao1 pan2 ts`ao p`an tsao pan |
(finance) (of a fund manager, high-wealth individual etc) to make large trades (in stocks, futures etc); (fashion, movies etc) (of an industry heavyweight) to make a play in the market |
支承 see styles |
zhī chéng zhi1 cheng2 chih ch`eng chih cheng shishou / shisho ししょう |
to support; to bear the weight of (a building) {archit} support; bearing; shoe (e.g. of a bridge) |
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. |
教理 see styles |
jiào lǐ jiao4 li3 chiao li kyouri / kyori きょうり |
doctrine (religion) doctrine The fundamental principles of a religion; its doctrines, or dogmas, e.g. the four truths, the tweIve nidānas, the eightfold noble path. |
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. |
文鎮 see styles |
bunchin ぶんちん |
paperweight |
斤兩 斤两 see styles |
jīn liǎng jin1 liang3 chin liang |
weight; (fig.) importance |
斤目 see styles |
kinme きんめ |
weight |
斤量 see styles |
kinryou / kinryo きんりょう |
(1) {horse} (See 負担重量) impost; assigned weight; (2) (measured) weight; (3) (See 連量) weight of 1000 sheets of paper (used as a measure of thickness); basis weight |
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 (1) time; hour; season; (2) suitable time; opportunity; chance 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. |
暑中 see styles |
shochuu / shochu しょちゅう |
height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer |
暴瘦 see styles |
bào shòu bao4 shou4 pao shou |
to lose weight dramatically |
暴胖 see styles |
bào pàng bao4 pang4 pao p`ang pao pang |
to gain weight dramatically |
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 ba1 da4 jia1] (personal name) Soukyō |
最中 see styles |
sanaka さなか |
(1) wafer cake filled with bean jam; (2) (poetic term) (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of; (female given name) Sanaka |
月見 see styles |
tsukimi つきみ |
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar); (p,s,f) Tsukimi |
有學 有学 see styles |
yǒu xué you3 xue2 yu hsüeh ugaku |
śaikṣa; in Hīnayāna those in the first three stages of training as arhats, the fourth and last stage being 無學 those beyond the need of further teaching or study. There are eighteen grades of śaikṣa. |
望月 see styles |
wàng yuè wang4 yue4 wang yüeh momizuki もみづき |
full moon (1) full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); (2) (もちづき only) full moon of the eighth lunar month; (surname) Momizuki |
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. |
本有 see styles |
běn yǒu ben3 you3 pen yu motoari もとあり |
(noun/participle) innateness; innate feature (or character, etc.); (surname) Motoari Originally or fundamentally existing; primal existence; the source and substance of all phenomena; also the present life; also the eighth 八識, i. e. ālaya-vijñāna. |
本番 see styles |
honban ほんばん |
(1) performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take; (2) game; match; (3) high of the season; height (of summer, etc.); actual event (or celebration, etc.); real deal; (4) (vulgar) penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie); (5) (abbreviation) {comp} (See 本番環境) production environment; (surname) Honban |
本識 本识 see styles |
běn shì ben3 shi4 pen shih honjiki |
The fundamental vijñāna, one of the eighteen names of the ālaya-vijñāna, the root of all things. |
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. |
李亨 see styles |
lǐ hēng li3 heng1 li heng |
Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肅宗|肃宗[Su4 zong1] (711-762), reigned 756-762 |
李漼 see styles |
lǐ cuǐ li3 cui3 li ts`ui li tsui |
Li Cui, personal name of eighteenth Tang emperor Yizong 懿宗[Yi4 zong1] (833-873), reigned 859-873 |
杖林 see styles |
zhàng lín zhang4 lin2 chang lin Jōrin |
Yaṣṭivana, 洩瑟知林; the forest in which a Brahman tried to measure Buddha's height with a 16 ft. bamboo pole, but the more he measured the higher the body became; another part of the legend is that the forest grew from the bamboo which he left behind in chagrin. |
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. |
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