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明刻

see styles
 minkoo; minko
    ミンコー; ミンコ
{mahj} (See 刻子,明刻子) open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player

明慧

see styles
míng huì
    ming2 hui4
ming hui
 myoue / myoe
    みょうえ
intelligent; brilliant
(female given name) Myōe
The three enlightenments 三明, and the three wisdoms 三慧.

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.

晨朝

see styles
chén zhāo
    chen2 zhao1
ch`en chao
    chen chao
 jinjou; shinchou; jinchou / jinjo; shincho; jincho
    じんじょう; しんちょう; じんちょう
{Buddh} (See 六時) around six o'clock AM; dawn service
The morning period, the first of the three divisions of the day.

智悲

see styles
zhì bēi
    zhi4 bei1
chih pei
 chihi
All-knowing and all-pitying; these two with 定 'contemplative' make up the 三德 three virtues or qualities of a Buddha.

暗刻

see styles
 ankoo; anko
    アンコー; アンコ
{mahj} (See 刻子,暗刻子) concealed pung; concealed three-of-a-kind

曹操

see styles
cáo cāo
    cao2 cao1
ts`ao ts`ao
    tsao tsao
 sousou / soso
    そうそう
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
(person) Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

曹魏

see styles
cáo wèi
    cao2 wei4
ts`ao wei
    tsao wei
 sougi / sogi
    そうぎ
Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
(hist) (See 魏・1) Cao Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266); Wei

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.

有爲


有为

see styles
yǒu wéi
    you3 wei2
yu wei
 ui
Active, creative, productive, functioning, causative, phenomenal, the processes resulting from the laws of karma, v. 有作; opposite of 無爲 passive, inert, inactive, non-causative, laisser-faire. It is defined by 造作 to make, and associated with saṃskṛta. The three active things 三有爲法 are 色 material, or things which have form, 心 mental and 非色非心 neither the one nor the other. The four forms of activity 四有爲相 are 生住異滅 coming into existence, abiding, change, and extinction; they are also spoken of as three, the two middle terms being treated as having like meaning.

末伏

see styles
mò fú
    mo4 fu2
mo fu
the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August

末法

see styles
mò fǎ
    mo4 fa3
mo fa
 matsubou / matsubo
    まつぼう
{Buddh} (See 三時・3) latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law; (surname) Matsubou
The last of the three periods 正, 像, and 末; that of degeneration and extinction of the Buddha-law.

本迹

see styles
běn jī
    ben3 ji1
pen chi
 honjaku
The original 本 Buddha or Bodhisattva and his 迹 varied manifestations for saving all beings, e. g. Guanyin with thirty-three forms. Also 本地垂迹.

李四

see styles
lǐ sì
    li3 si4
li ssu
Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry

李寧


李宁

see styles
lǐ níng
    li3 ning2
li ning
Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games

東吳


东吴

see styles
dōng wú
    dong1 wu2
tung wu
Eastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权

果相

see styles
guǒ xiàng
    guo3 xiang4
kuo hsiang
 ka sō
Reward, retribution, or effect; especially as one of the three forms of the ālaya-vijñāna.

枝香

see styles
zhī xiāng
    zhi1 xiang1
chih hsiang
 sayaka
    さやか
(female given name) Sayaka
Incense made of branches of trees, one of the three kinds of incense, the other two being from roots and flowers.

梵天

see styles
fàn tiān
    fan4 tian1
fan t`ien
    fan tien
 bonten
    ぼんてん
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
(1) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (2) (See 御幣) large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); (3) buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); (4) down puff (on the end of an ear pick); (given name) Bonten
Brahmadeva. Brahmā, the ruler of this world. India. brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of the realm of form, divided into four dhyāna regions (sixteen heavens in Southern Buddhism). The first three contain the 梵衆天 assembly of brahmadevas, i.e. the brahmakāyika; the 梵輔天 brahmspurohitas, retinue of Brahmā; and 大梵天 Mahābrahman, Brahman himself.

業相


业相

see styles
yè xiàng
    ye4 xiang4
yeh hsiang
 gōsō
Action, activity, the karmic, the condition of karmic action. The first of the three 相 of the Awakening of Faith, when mental activity is stirred to action by unenlightenment.

權教


权教

see styles
quán jiào
    quan2 jiao4
ch`üan chiao
    chüan chiao
 gonkyō
Temporary, expedient, or functional teaching, preparatory to the perfect teaching, a distinguishing term of the Tiantai and Huayan sects, i.e. the teachings of the three previous periods 藏, 通 and 別 which were regarded as preparatory to their own, cf. 圓教.

正月

see styles
zhēng yuè
    zheng1 yue4
cheng yüeh
 mutsuki
    むつき
first month of the lunar year
(1) New Year (esp. first three days); (2) first month of the year; January; (surname) Mutsuki
the first month of the year

毒氣


毒气

see styles
dú qì
    du2 qi4
tu ch`i
    tu chi
 dokuke
poison gas; toxic gas; manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism)
Poison vapour, emitted by the three poisons, 貪瞋痴, desire, hate (or anger), stupor (or ignorance).

比量

see styles
bǐ liang
    bi3 liang5
pi liang
 hiryou / hiryo
    ひりょう
to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
(noun/participle) (1) comparison; (2) {Buddh} Pramana; epistemology
Comparison and inference; it is defined as 比 comparison of the known, and 量 inference of the unknown. It is the second form in logic of the three kinds of example, 現, 比 and 聖教量, e. g. the inference of fire from smoke.

水災


水灾

see styles
shuǐ zāi
    shui3 zai1
shui tsai
 suisai
    すいさい
flood; flood damage
(See 水害) water damage; flood disaster
The calamity of water, or food; one of the three final world catastrophes of fire, wind, and water, v. 三災.

沙彌


沙弥

see styles
shā mí
    sha1 mi2
sha mi
 shami
novice Buddhist monk
śrāmaṇera, 室羅摩拏洛迦; 室末那伊洛迦; 室羅摩尼羅 The male religious novice, who has taken vows to obey the ten commandments. The term is explained by 息惡行慈 one who ceases from evil and does works of mercy, or lives altruistically; 勤策男 a zealous man; 求寂 one who seeks rest; 求涅槃寂 one who seeks the peace of nirvāṇa. Three kinds are recognized according to age, i. e. 7 to 13 years old, old enough to 驅鳥 'drive away crows'; 14 to 19, called 應法 able to respond to or follow the doctrine; 20 to 70.

沢瀉

see styles
 takusha
    たくしゃ
(kana only) threeleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia); (given name) Takusha

法數


法数

see styles
fǎ shù
    fa3 shu4
fa shu
 hōshu
The categories of Buddhism such as the three realms, five skandhas, five regions, four dogmas, six paths, twelve nidānas, etc.

法滅


法灭

see styles
fǎ miè
    fa3 mie4
fa mieh
 hōmetsu
The extinction of the Law, or Buddhism, after the third of the three stages 正像末.

法界

see styles
fǎ jiè
    fa3 jie4
fa chieh
 hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai
    ほっかい; ほうかい
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle.

法身

see styles
fǎ shēn
    fa3 shen1
fa shen
 hotsushin
    ほつしん
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin
dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories.

法顯


法显

see styles
fǎ xiǎn
    fa3 xian3
fa hsien
 hokken
    ほっけん
(personal name) Hokken
Faxian, the famous pilgrim who with fellow-monks left Chang'an A.D. 399 overland for India, finally reached it, remained alone for six years, and spent three years on the return journey, arriving by sea in 414. His 佛國記 Records of the Buddhistic Kingdoms were made, for his information, by Buddhabhadra, an Indian monk in China. His own chief translation is the 僧祗律, a work on monastic discipline.

涉事

see styles
shè shì
    she4 shi4
she shih
to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人[she4 shi4 san1 ren2], the three people involved); (archaic) to recount the events

淨肉


净肉

see styles
jìng ròu
    jing4 rou4
ching jou
 jōniku
Pure flesh, the kind which may be eaten by a monk without sin, three, five, and nine classes being given.

湘繡


湘绣

see styles
xiāng xiù
    xiang1 xiu4
hsiang hsiu
Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

準提


准提

see styles
zhǔn tí
    zhun3 ti2
chun t`i
    chun ti
 Juntei
Candī, or Cundi; also 准胝; 尊提. (1) In Brahmanic mythology a vindictive form of Durgā, or Pārvatī, wife of Śiva. (2) In China identified with Marīci 摩里支 or 天后 Queen of Heaven. She is represented with three eyes and eighteen arms; also as a form of Guanyin, or in Guanyin's retinue.

潤生


润生

see styles
rùn shēng
    run4 sheng1
jun sheng
 mitsuo
    みつお
(male given name) Mitsuo
The fertilization of the natural conditions which produce rebirth, especially those of the three kinds of attachment in the hour of death, love of body, of home, and of life.

瀛洲

see styles
yíng zhōu
    ying2 zhou1
ying chou
Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality

火坑

see styles
huǒ kēng
    huo3 keng1
huo k`eng
    huo keng
 ka kō
pit of fire; fig. living hell
The fiery pit (of the five desires 五欲); also that of the three ill destinies— the hells, animals, hungry ghosts.

火塗


火涂

see styles
huǒ tú
    huo3 tu2
huo t`u
    huo tu
 kazu
(or 火道) The fiery way, i. e. the destiny of the hot hells, one of the three evil destinies.

火宅

see styles
huǒ zhái
    huo3 zhai2
huo chai
 kataku
    かたく
{Buddh} this world of suffering
The parable of the burning house; one of the 'seven parables' in the Lotus Sutra 譬喩品, that of the burning house from which the owner tempts his heedless children by the device of the three kinds of carts— goat, deer, and bullock, especially a white-bullock cart i. e. Mahāyāna.

火院

see styles
huǒ yuàn
    huo3 yuan4
huo yüan
 kain
The 'fire-court', a kind of contemplation, in which the devotee sees himself encircled by fire after circumambulating three times to the right while making the fire-sign. Also 火界; 金剛炎.

無學


无学

see styles
wú xué
    wu2 xue2
wu hsüeh
 mugaku
aśaikṣa. No longer learning, beyond study, the state of arhatship, the fourth of the śrāvaka stages; the preceding three stages requiring study; there are nine grades of arhats who have completed their course of learning.

煩惱


烦恼

see styles
fán nǎo
    fan2 nao3
fan nao
 bonnō
    ぼんのう
to be worried; to be distressed; worries
(out-dated kanji) (1) worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; (2) (Buddhist term) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
kleśa, 'pain, affliction, distress,' 'care, trouble' (M.W.). The Chinese tr. is similar, distress, worry, trouble, and whatever causes them. Keith interprets kleśa by 'infection', 'contamination', 'defilement'. The Chinese intp. is the delusions, trials, or temptations of the passions and of ignorance which disturb and distress the mind; also in brief as the three poisons 貪瞋痴 desire, detestation, and delusion. There is a division into the six fundamental 煩惱, or afflictions, v. below, and the twenty which result or follow them and there are other dual divisions. The six are: 貪瞋痴慢疑 and 惡見 desire, detestation, delusion, pride, doubt, and evil views, which last are the false views of a permanent ego, etc. The ten 煩惱 are the first five, and the sixth subdivided into five. 煩惱, like kleśa, implies moral affliction or distress, trial, temptation, tempting, sin. Cf. 使.

片歌

see styles
 katauta
    かたうた
(hist) katauta; ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern

牢問

see styles
 roumon / romon
    ろうもん
(hist) (See 海老責め,石抱き,鞭打ち・1) whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)

物施

see styles
wù shī
    wu4 shi1
wu shih
 busse
One of the three kinds of almsgiving, that of things.

犂星

see styles
 karasukiboshi
    からすきぼし
(obscure) Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

王五

see styles
wáng wǔ
    wang2 wu3
wang wu
Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry

理佛

see styles
lǐ fó
    li3 fo2
li fo
 ributsu
The fundamental or intrinsic Buddha, i.e. the dharmakāya; also the Tiantai doctrine of Buddha as immanent in all beings, even those of the three lowest orders; which doctrine is also called 素法身 the plain, or undeveloped dharmakāya.

生死

see styles
shēng sǐ
    sheng1 si3
sheng ssu
 seishi(p); shouji; shoushi / seshi(p); shoji; shoshi
    せいし(P); しょうじ; しょうし
life or death
(1) life and death; life or death; (2) (しょうじ, しょうし only) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (3) (しょうじ, しょうし only) death
saṃsāra: birth and death: rebirth and redeath; life and death; 生死, 死生; 生生死死 ever-recurring saṃsāra or transmigrations; the round of mortality. There are two, three, four, seven, and twelve kinds of 生死; the two are 分斷生死 the various karmaic transmigrations, and 不思義變易生死 (or simply 變易生死) the inconceivable transformation life in the Pure Land. Among the twelve are final separation from mortality of the arhat, with 無餘 no remains of it causing return; one final death and no rebirth of the anāgāmin; the seven advancing rebirths of the srota-āpanna; down to the births-cum-deaths of hungry ghosts.

生田

see styles
shēng tián
    sheng1 tian2
sheng t`ien
    sheng tien
 namata
    なまた
(surname) Namata
The three regions 三界 of the constant round of rebirth.

界內


界内

see styles
jien ei
    jien4 ei4
jien ei
 kainai
Within the region, limited, within the confines of the 三界, i. e. the three regions of desire, form, and formlessness, and not reaching out to the infinite.

界外

see styles
jiè wài
    jie4 wai4
chieh wai
 kaige
    かいげ
(place-name, surname) Kaige
The pure realms, or illimitable 'spiritual' regions of the Buddhas outside the three limitations of desire, form, and formlessness.

界繫


界系

see styles
jiè xì
    jie4 xi4
chieh hsi
 kaike
The karma which binds to the finite, i. e. to any one of the three regions.

界趣

see styles
jiè qù
    jie4 qu4
chieh ch`ü
    chieh chü
 kai shu
The three regions (desire, form, and formlessness) and the six paths (gati), i. e. the spheres of transmigration.

痴毒

see styles
chī dú
    chi1 du2
ch`ih tu
    chih tu
The poison of ignorance, or delusion, one of the three poisons.

百濟


百济

see styles
bǎi jì
    bai3 ji4
pai chi
 kudara
    くだら
Paekche or Baekje (18 BC-660 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
(surname) Kudara

百界

see styles
bǎi jiè
    bai3 jie4
pai chieh
 hyakkai
The ten realms each of ten divisions, so called by the Tiantai school, i. e. of hells, ghosts, animals, asuras, men, devas, śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. Each of the hundred has ten qualities, making in all 百界千如 the thousand qualities of the hundred realms; this 1, 000 being multiplied by the three of past, present, future, there are 3, 000; to behold these 3, 000 in an instant is called 一念三千 (一念三千之觀法) and the sphere envisaged is the 百界千如.

百論


百论

see styles
bǎi lùn
    bai3 lun4
pai lun
 Hyakuron
Śataśāstra. One of the 三論 'three śāstras' of the Mādhyamika school, so called because of its 100 verses, each of 32 words; attributed to Deva Bodhisattva, it was written in Sanskrit by Vasubandhu and tr. by Kumārajīva, but the versions differ. There is also the 廣百論本 Catuḥśataka [Catuḥśatakaśāstrakarika], an expansion of the above.

相待

see styles
xiāng dài
    xiang1 dai4
hsiang tai
 soudai / sodai
    そうだい
to treat
{Buddh} (See 絶待) existing in opposition or interdependence
The doctrine of mutual dependence or relativity of all things for their existence, e. g. the triangle depends on its three lines, the eye on things having colour and form, long on short.

短大

see styles
 tandai
    たんだい
(abbreviation) (See 短期大学) junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

神剣

see styles
 shinken
    しんけん
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)

神器

see styles
shén qì
    shen2 qi4
shen ch`i
    shen chi
 jingi; shinki; shingi(ok)
    じんぎ; しんき; しんぎ(ok)
magical object; object symbolic of imperial power; fine weapon; very useful tool
(1) (See 三種の神器・1) sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); (2) implement used in religious ceremonies

神鏡

see styles
 shinkyou / shinkyo
    しんきょう
divine mirror; sacred mirror (one of the three sacred treasures)

程昱

see styles
chéng yù
    cheng2 yu4
ch`eng yü
    cheng yü
Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era

空教

see styles
kōng jiào
    kong1 jiao4
k`ung chiao
    kung chiao
 kuukyou / kukyo
    くうきょう
(given name) Kuukyō
The teaching that all is unreal. The 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa School divided Buddha's teaching into three periods: (1) the Hīnayāna period, teaching that 法有 things are real; (2) the 般若 prajñā period, that 法 空things are unreal; (3) the Huayan and Lotus period of the middle or transcendental doctrine 中道教.

空諦


空谛

see styles
kōng dì
    kong1 di4
k`ung ti
    kung ti
 kuutai / kutai
    くうたい
{Buddh} (See 三諦) truth of emptiness (holding that all things are void)
The doctrine of immateriality, one of the three dogmas of Tiantai, that all things animate and inanimate, seeing that they result from previous causes and are without reality in themselves, are therefore 空or not material, but "spiritual".

立体

see styles
 rittai
    りったい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) solid body; three-dimensional object; (2) (abbreviation) (See 立体駐車場・1) multi-storey car park

立功

see styles
lì gōng
    li4 gong1
li kung
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself

立德

see styles
lì dé
    li4 de2
li te
to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3])

立言

see styles
lì yán
    li4 yan2
li yen
 ritsugen
    りつげん
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to expound one's theory
(n,vs,vi) expression of one's views
assert

立體


立体

see styles
lì tǐ
    li4 ti3
li t`i
    li ti
three-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic
See: 立体

粵繡


粤绣

see styles
yuè xiù
    yue4 xiu4
yüeh hsiu
Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

糸魚

see styles
 itoyo
    いとよ
(kana only) three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus); (place-name) Itoyo

約分


约分

see styles
yuē fēn
    yue1 fen1
yüeh fen
 yakubun
    やくぶん
reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths); to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator
(noun, transitive verb) {math} reduction (of a fraction to its lowest terms)

結界


结界

see styles
jié jiè
    jie2 jie4
chieh chieh
 kekkai
    けっかい
(Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained; a place so designated; (fantasy fiction) force field; invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 "kekkai")
(1) {Buddh} (fixing) boundaries for religious practices; (2) {Buddh} prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); (3) {Buddh} fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (4) (archaism) (See 帳場格子) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; (5) (colloquialism) (esp. in games, manga, etc.) barrier; dimensional barrier; containment zone; containment barrier; mystical barrier
A fixed place, or territory; a definite area; to fix a place for a monastery, or an altar; a determined number, e.g. for an assembly of monks; a limit. It is a term specially used by the esoteric sects for an altar and its area, altars being of five different shapes.

結集


结集

see styles
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.

線條


线条

see styles
xiàn tiáo
    xian4 tiao2
hsien t`iao
    hsien tiao
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)

練磨


练磨

see styles
liàn mó
    lian4 mo2
lien mo
 renma
    れんま
(noun/participle) training; practice; practising; cultivation
To drill and grind, three bodhisattava conditions for maintaining progress: the fixing of attention on those who have attained enlightenment; the examination of one's purpose; and the realization of the power at work in others; v. 三退屈.

繞佛


绕佛

see styles
rào fó
    rao4 fo2
jao fo
 nyōbutsu
To go three times around the Buddha to his right in worship.

耒偏

see styles
 sukihen
    すきへん
kanji "plow" or "three-branch tree" radical

聖胎


圣胎

see styles
shèng tāi
    sheng4 tai1
sheng t`ai
    sheng tai
 seitai
immortal body (of born again Daoist)
The womb of holiness which enfolds and develops the bodhisattva, i.e. the 三賢位 three excellent positions attained in the 十住, 十行 and 十廻向.

胴中

see styles
 dounaka / donaka
    どうなか
(1) trunk; torso; (2) (rare) {hanaf} (also written as 筒中) (See 胴二) second player (out of three); player that goes after the dealer

脫脫


脱脱

see styles
tuō tuō
    tuo1 tuo1
t`o t`o
    to to
Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 and Jin 金史; also written Tuoketuo 托克托

荀彧

see styles
xún yù
    xun2 yu4
hsün yü
Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms

草枕

see styles
 kusamakura
    くさまくら
(work) Kusamakura (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki); The Three-Cornered World; Grass Pillow; (wk) Kusamakura (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki); The Three-Cornered World; Grass Pillow

董奉

see styles
dǒng fèng
    dong3 feng4
tung feng
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead

蓬萊


蓬莱

see styles
péng lái
    peng2 lai2
p`eng lai
    peng lai
(Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland
See: 蓬莱

藥師


药师

see styles
yào shī
    yao4 shi1
yao shih
 yakushi
    やくし
pharmacist
(surname) Yakushi
Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhāṣa; 藥師璢璃光如來; 大醫王佛; 醫王善逝, etc. The Buddha of Medicine, who heals all diseases, including the disease of ignorance. His image is often at the left of Śākyamuni Buddha's, and he is associated with the east. The history of this personification is not yet known, but cf. the chapter on the 藥王 in the Lotus Sutra. There are several sutras relating to him, the藥王璢璃光, etc., tr. by Xuanzang circa A.D. 650, and others. There are shrines of the 藥王三尊 the three honoured doctors, with Yaoshi in the middle and as assistants 日光邊照 the Bodhisattva Sunlight everywhere shining on his right and 月光邊照 the Bodhisattva Moonlight, etc., on his left. The 藥王七佛 seven healing Buddhas are also all in the east. There are also the 藥王十二神將 twelve spiritual generals or protectors of Yaoshi, for guarding his worshippers.

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]
(person) Su Xun (1009-1066; Chinese scholar)

蘇繡


苏绣

see styles
sū xiù
    su1 xiu4
su hsiu
Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

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

蜀國


蜀国

see styles
shǔ guó
    shu3 guo2
shu kuo
Sichuan; the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods; the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms

蜀漢


蜀汉

see styles
shǔ hàn
    shu3 han4
shu han
 shokkan; shokukan
    しょっかん; しょくかん
Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
(hist) (See 蜀・2) Shu Han (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263); Shu

蜀繡


蜀绣

see styles
shǔ xiù
    shu3 xiu4
shu hsiu
Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4] and 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4])

衆僧


众僧

see styles
zhòng sēng
    zhong4 seng1
chung seng
 shusō
saṃgha, all the monks, an assembly of at least three monks.

衆道


众道

see styles
zhòng dào
    zhong4 dao4
chung tao
 shuudou; shudou / shudo; shudo
    しゅうどう; しゅどう
male homosexuality; pederasty
The way of all; all the three yāna, or vehicles of salvation.

表色

see styles
biǎo sè
    biao3 se4
piao se
 hyōshiki
Active expression, as walking, sitting, taking, refusing, bending, stretching, etc.; one of the three 色 forms, the other two being 顯 the colours, red, blue, etc., and 形 shape, long, short, etc.

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