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單方


单方

see styles
dān fāng
    dan1 fang1
tan fang
unilateral; one-sided; home remedy; folk prescription(same as 丹方); single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]); metaphorically. a good solution

喰迫

see styles
 kuihasama
    くいはさま
(place-name) Kuihasama

噶喇

see styles
gá lǎ
    ga2 la3
ka la
(onom.); same as 噶拉[ga2 la1]

噶拉

see styles
gá lā
    ga2 la1
ka la
(onom.); same as 噶喇[ga2 la3]

噶隆

see styles
gá lóng
    ga2 long2
ka lung
Tibetan government official; same as 噶布倫|噶布伦

四住

see styles
sì zhù
    si4 zhu4
ssu chu
 shizumi
    しずみ
(surname) Shizumi
The four abodes or states in the 智度論 3, i. e. (1) 天住 the devalokas, equivalents of charity, morality, and goodness of heart; (2) 梵住 the brahmalokas, equivalents of benevolence, pity, joy, and indifference; (3) 聖住 the abode of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas, equivalent of the samādhi of the immaterial realm, formless and still; (4) 佛住 the Buddha-abode, the equivalent of the samādhis of the infinite. v. 四住地.

四民

see styles
sì mín
    si4 min2
ssu min
 shimin
    しみん
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
(hist) the four social classes (of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants)
four classes of people

四法

see styles
sì fǎ
    si4 fa3
ssu fa
 shihō
There are several groups of four dharma: (1) 教法 the teaching of the Buddha); 理法 its principles, or meaning; 行法 its practice; 果法 its fruits or rewards. (2) Another group relates to bodhisattvas, their never losing the bodhi-mind, or the wisdom attained, or perseverance in progress, or the monastic forest life (āraṇyaka). (3) Also 信解行證 faith, discernment, performance, and assurance. (4) The Pure-land 'True' sect of Japan has a division: 教法, i. e. the 大無量壽經; 行法 the practice of the seventeenth of Amitābha's vows; 信法 faith in the eighteenth; and 證法 proof of the eleventh. The most important work of Shinran, the founder of the sect, is these four, i. e. 教行信證. (5) A 'Lotus ' division of 四法 is the answer to a question of Puxian (Samantabhadra) how the Lotus is to be possessed after the Buddha's demise, i. e. by thought (or protection) of the Buddhas; the cultivation of virtue; entry into correct dhyāna; and having a mind to save all creatures.

四生

see styles
sì shēng
    si4 sheng1
ssu sheng
 shishou / shisho
    ししょう
{Buddh} the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni
catur-yoni, the four forms of birth: (1) 胎 or 生 jarāyuja, viviparous, as with mammalia; (2) 卵生 aṇḍaja, oviparous, as with birds; (3) 濕生 or 寒熱和合生 saṃsvedaja, moisture, or water-born, as with worms and fishes; (4) 化生 aupapāduka, metamorphic, as with moths from the chrysalis, or with devas, or in the hells, or the first beings in a newly evolved world.

四等

see styles
sì děng
    si4 deng3
ssu teng
 shitō
The four virtues which a Buddha out of his infinite heart manifests equally to all; also called 四無量 q. w. They are: 慈悲喜捨 maitrī, karuṇā, muditā, upekṣā, i. e. kindness, pity, joy and indifference, or 護 protection. Another group is 字語法身, i. e. 字 that all Buddhas have the same title or titles; 語 speak the same language; 法 proclaim the same truth; and 身 have each the threefold body, or trikāya. A third group is 諸法 all things are equally included in the bhūtatathatā; 發心 the mind-nature being universal, its field of action is universal; 道等 the way or method is also universal; therefore 慈悲 the mercy (of the Buddhas) is universal for all.

四結


四结

see styles
sì jié
    si4 jie2
ssu chieh
 shiketsu
The four knots, or bonds, saṃyojana, which hinder free development; they are likened to the 四翳 q. v. four things that becloud, i. e. rain clouds, resembling desire; dust-storms, hate; smoke, ignorance; and asuras, gain.

四身

see styles
sì shēn
    si4 shen1
ssu shen
 shishin
The four kāya, or 'bodies'. The Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra gives 化佛; 功德佛; 智慧佛 and 如如佛; the first is the nirmāṇakāya, the second and third saṃbhogakāya, and the fourth dharmakāya. The 唯識論 gives 自性身; 他受用身; 自受用身, and 變化身, the first being 法身, the second and third 報身, and the fourth 化身. The Tiantai School gives 法身; 報身; 應身, and 化身. The esoteric sect has four divisions of the 法身. See 三身.

四輪


四轮

see styles
sì lún
    si4 lun2
ssu lun
 yonrin
    よんりん
(can be adjective with の) four-wheeled
The four wheels or circles: (1) 大地四輪 the four on which the earth rests, wind (or air), water, metal, and space. (2) Four images with wheels, yellow associated with metal or gold, white with water, red with fire, and black with wind. (3) The four dhyāni-buddhas, 金剛輪 Akṣobhya; 寳輪 Ratnasaṃbhava; 法輪 Amitābha; 羯磨輪 Amoghasiddhi. (4) Also the four metals, gold, silver, copper, iron, of the cakravartin kings.

回合

see styles
huí hé
    hui2 he2
hui ho
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc); rally (tennis etc); frame (billiards etc); inning; (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg; round (of negotiations)

因循

see styles
yīn xún
    yin1 xun2
yin hsün
 injun
    いんじゅん
to continue the same old routine; to carry on just as before; to procrastinate
(noun or adjectival noun) indecision; vacillation

因襲


因袭

see styles
yīn xí
    yin1 xi2
yin hsi
 inshuu / inshu
    いんしゅう
to follow old patterns; to imitate existing models; to continue along the same lines
convention; tradition; long-established custom

固定

see styles
gù dìng
    gu4 ding4
ku ting
 kotei / kote
    こてい
to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); securing; anchoring; fastening down; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; (n,vs,vt,vi) (3) {biol} fixation (histology); (4) (net-sl) (abbreviation) (See 固定ハンドル・1) user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously); (5) (net-sl) (abbreviation) (See 固定ハンドル・2) user of an online handle (instead of posting anonymously)

国人

see styles
 kunihito
    くにひと
(1) indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; (2) (くにびと only) local; native; (3) (hist) local lords and samurai; (4) (くにうど, くにゅうど only) (hist) (See 在国衆) daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period); (given name) Kunihito

国侍

see styles
 kunizamurai
    くにざむらい
(hist) provincial samurai

国者

see styles
 kunimono
    くにもの
(1) (archaism) (See 田舎者) country bumpkin; (2) (archaism) someone from the same part of the country

圓修


圆修

see styles
yuán xiū
    yuan2 xiu1
yüan hsiu
 enshu
(1) TO observe the complete Tiantai meditation, at one and the same time to comprehend the three ideas of 空假中 q.v. (2) To keep all the commandments perfectly.

圓悟


圆悟

see styles
yuán wù
    yuan2 wu4
yüan wu
 engo
    えんご
(personal name) Engo
Completely to apprehend the truth. In Tiantai, the complete apprehension at the same time of noumenon, phenomenon, and the middle way.

圓教


圆教

see styles
yuán jiào
    yuan2 jiao4
yüan chiao
 engyō
The complete, perfect, or comprehensive doctrine; the school or sect of Mahāyāna which represents it. The term has had three references. The first was by 光統 Guangtong of the Later Wei, sixth century, who defined three schools, 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 inclusive or complete. The Tiantai called its fourth section the inclusive, complete, or perfect teaching 圓, the other three being 三藏 Hīnayāna, 通 Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna, 別 Mahāyāna. The Huayan so called its fifth section, i.e. 小乘; 大乘始; 大乘終; 頓 and 圓. It is the Tiantai version that is in general acceptance, defined as a perfect whole and as complete in its parts; for the whole is the absolute and its parts are therefore the absolute; the two may be called noumenon and phenomenon, or 空 and 假 (or 俗), but in reality they are one, i.e. the 中 medial condition. To conceive these three as a whole is the Tiantai inclusive or 'perfect' doctrine. The Huayan 'perfect' doctrine also taught that unity and differentiation, or absolute and relative, were one, a similar doctrine to that of the identity of contraries. In Tiantai teaching the harmony is due to its underlying unity; its completeness to the permeation of this unity in all phenomena; these two are united in the medial 中 principle; to comprehend these three principles at one and the same time is the complete, all-containing, or 'perfect' doctrine of Tiantai. There are other definitions of the all-inclusive doctrine, e.g. the eight complete things, complete in teaching, principles, knowledge, etc. 圓教四門 v. 四門.

圓融


圆融

see styles
yuán róng
    yuan2 rong2
yüan jung
 enyū
accommodating; (Buddhism) completely integrated
Complete combination; the absolute in the relative and vice versa; the identity of apparent contraries; perfect harmony among all differences, as in water and waves, passion and enlightenment, transmigration and nirvāṇa, or life and death, etc.; all are of the same fundamental nature, all are bhūtatathatā, and bhūtatathatā is all; waves are one with waves, and water is one with water, and water and wave are one.

圓頓


圆顿

see styles
yuán dùn
    yuan2 dun4
yüan tun
 enton
Complete and immediate, i.e. to comprehend the three principles 空假中 at one and the same time, cf. 圓教.

土建

see styles
tǔ jiàn
    tu3 jian4
t`u chien
    tu chien
 doken
    どけん
civil engineering; same as 土木工程[tu3 mu4 gong1 cheng2]
(abbreviation) (See 土木建築) civil engineering and construction; public works and construction

圪垯

see styles
gē da
    ge1 da5
ko ta
lump; pimple; mound; same as 疙瘩

地侍

see styles
 jizamurai
    じざむらい
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

地士

see styles
 jizamurai
    じざむらい
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

地鳥

see styles
 jidori
    じどり
    jitori
    じとり
(1) nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; (2) locally raised chicken

地鶏

see styles
 jidori
    じどり
    jitori
    じとり
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same

均充

see styles
 masamitsu
    まさみつ
(personal name) Masamitsu

坊様

see styles
 bonsama
    ぼんさま
(1) (honorific or respectful language) monk; priest; (2) (honorific or respectful language) (familiar language) boy

基友

see styles
jī yǒu
    ji1 you3
chi yu
 mototomo
    もととも
(slang) very close same-sex friend; gay partner
(personal name) Mototomo

堂房

see styles
táng fáng
    tang2 fang2
t`ang fang
    tang fang
remote relatives (with the same family name)

報身


报身

see styles
bào shēn
    bao4 shen1
pao shen
 houjin; houshin / hojin; hoshin
    ほうじん; ほうしん
{Buddh} (See 三身) sambhogakaya (reward body, form taken by a buddha after completing its role as a bodhisattva)
Reward body, the saṃbhoga-kāya of a Buddha, in which he enjoys the reward of his labours, v. 三身 trikāya.

塗片


涂片

see styles
tú piàn
    tu2 pian4
t`u p`ien
    tu pien
smear (medical sample); microscope slide

塡王

see styles
tián wáng
    tian2 wang2
t`ien wang
    tien wang
 Den ō
Udayana, v. 優塡 king of Kauśāmbi.

墜子


坠子

see styles
zhuì zi
    zhui4 zi5
chui tzu
 iwa
    いわ
weight; pendant; same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]; ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]
(out-dated kanji) weight (of a fishing net)

墜琴


坠琴

see styles
zhuì qín
    zhui4 qin2
chui ch`in
    chui chin
same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]

壞劫


坏劫

see styles
huài jié
    huai4 jie2
huai chieh
 e kō
saṃvarta, v. 劫 7, the periodical gradual destruction of a universe, one of its four kalpas, i.e. 成 vivarta, formation; 住 vivarta-siddha; abiding, or existence; 壞 saṃvarta, decay, or destruction; 滅 saṃvarta-siddha, final annihilation.

士人

see styles
shì rén
    shi4 ren2
shih jen
 shijin
    しじん
scholar
(1) samurai; (2) person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
a person of extensive learning

士分

see styles
 shibun
    しぶん
status of samurai

士庶

see styles
 shisho
    ししょ
(1) samurai and commoners; (2) normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

士族

see styles
shì zú
    shi4 zu2
shih tsu
 shizoku
    しぞく
land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝[Wei4 Jin4 Nan2 Bei3 Chao2]
(1) family of samurai lineage; person with samurai ancestors; (2) (hist) (See 族称) shizoku; the second of three official classes in Japan in 1869-1947, consisting of former samurai

士民

see styles
 shimin
    しみん
samurai and common people

士道

see styles
 shidou / shido
    しどう
chivalry; samurai code; (given name) Shidō

士魂

see styles
 shikon
    しこん
manly spirit; soul of a samurai

壽実

see styles
 hisami
    ひさみ
(female given name) Hisami

壽美

see styles
 hisami
    ひさみ
(female given name) Hisami

外道

see styles
wài dào
    wai4 dao4
wai tao
 gedou / gedo
    げどう
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō
Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental.

多他

see styles
duō tā
    duo1 ta1
to t`a
    to ta
 tata
多咃 tathā; in such a manner, like, so, true; it is tr. by 如 which has the same meanings. It is also said to mean 滅 extinction, or nirvana. v. 多陀.

夜寒

see styles
 yosamu
    よさむ
(See 朝寒) night cold; chill of night; cold night; (place-name) Yosamu

大乘

see styles
dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 oonori
    おおのり
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
(surname) Oonori
Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。.

大元

see styles
 masamoto
    まさもと
(given name) Masamoto

大兄

see styles
 ooe
    おおえ
(1) (honorific or respectful language) older brother; (pronoun) (2) (honorific or respectful language) (used mainly in letters to address an older or same-aged male) (See 小弟・3) you; (surname) Ooe

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.

大同

see styles
dà tóng
    da4 tong2
ta t`ung
    ta tung
 taaton / taton
    タートン
see 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4]; see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4 tong2 Xiang1]; see 大同區|大同区[Da4 tong2 Qu1]; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
(1) (See 大同小異) general resemblance; being largely the same; (2) (See 大同団結) uniting with a common goal; (3) (hist) Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19); (place-name) Datong (China)
mostly the same

大哥

see styles
dà gē
    da4 ge1
ta ko
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss

大天

see styles
dà tiān
    da4 tian1
ta t`ien
    ta tien
 daiten
    だいてん
(surname) Daiten
Mahādeva. 摩訶提婆. (1) A former incarnation of Śākyamuni as a Cakravartī. (2) A title of Maheśvara. (3) An able supporter of the Mahāsāṃghikaḥ, whose date is given as about a hundred years after the Buddha's death, but he is also described as a favorite of Aśoka, with whom he is associated as persecutor of the Sthavirāḥ, the head of which escaped into Kashmir. If from the latter school sprang the Mahāyāna, it may account for the detestation in which Mahādeva is held by the Mahāyānists. An account of his wickedness and heresies is given in 西域記 3 and in 婆沙論 99.

大寒

see styles
dà hán
    da4 han2
ta han
 osamu
    おさむ
Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
(1) (time of) extreme cold; (2) (See 二十四節気) "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year); (given name) Osamu

大建

see styles
dà jiàn
    da4 jian4
ta chien
 oodate
    おおだて
lunar month of 30 days; same as 大盡|大尽[da4 jin4]
(surname) Oodate

大意

see styles
dà yi
    da4 yi5
ta i
 masamoto
    まさもと
careless
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline; (personal name) Masamoto
The general meaning or summary of a sutra or śāstra. Also, the name of a youth, a former incarnation of the Buddha : to save his nation from their poverty, he plunged into the sea to obtain a valuable pearl from the sea-god who, alarmed by the aid rendered by Indra, gave up the pearl ; v. 大意經.

大成

see styles
dà chéng
    da4 cheng2
ta ch`eng
    ta cheng
 hironari
    ひろなり
(noun/participle) completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success; (given name) Hironari
Mahāsaṃmbhava. Great completion. The imaginary realm in which (in turn) appeared 20,000 koṭīs of Buddhas all of the same title, Bhīṣmagarjita-ghoṣasvararāja.

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.

大海

see styles
dà hǎi
    da4 hai3
ta hai
 honda
    ほんだ
sea; ocean
(1) ocean; large sea; (2) (おおうみ only) fabric pattern; (personal name) Honda
mahāsamudra-sāgara 摩訶三母捺羅婆誐羅 The Ocean.

大狭

see styles
 oobasami
    おおばさみ
(surname) Oobasami

大狹

see styles
 oobasami
    おおばさみ
(surname) Oobasami

大盡


大尽

see styles
dà jìn
    da4 jin4
ta chin
lunar month of 30 days; same as 大建[da4 jian4]
See: 大尽

大相

see styles
dà xiàng
    da4 xiang4
ta hsiang
 daisuke
    だいすけ
(given name) Daisuke
mahārūpa; great form. The kalpa of Mahābhijñā-jñānabhibhu, who is to appear as Buddha in a realm called Saṃbhava.

大空

see styles
dà kōng
    da4 kong1
ta k`ung
    ta kung
 masataka
    まさたか
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament; (male given name) Masataka
The great void, or the Mahāyāna parinirvāṇa, as being more complete and final than the nirvāṇa of Hīnayāna. It is used in the Shingon sect for the great immaterial or spiritual wisdom, with its esoteric symbols; its weapons, such as the vajra; its samādhis; its sacred circles, or maṇḍalas, etc. It is used also for space, in which there is neither east, west, north, nor south.

大通

see styles
dà tōng
    da4 tong1
ta t`ung
    ta tung
 daitsuu / daitsu
    だいつう
see 大通區|大通区[Da4 tong1 Qu1]; see 大通回族土族自治縣|大通回族土族自治县[Da4 tong1 Hui2 zu2 Tu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
(surname) Daitsuu
大通智勝 Mahābhijñā Jñānābhibhu. The great Buddha of supreme penetraton and wisdom. "A fabulous Buddha whose realm was Sambhava, his kalpa Mahārūpa. Having spent ten middling kalpas in ecstatic meditation he became a Buddha, and retired again in meditation for 84,000 kalpas, during which his sixteen sons continued (as Buddhas) his preaching. Incarnations of his sons are," Akṣobhya, Merukūṭa, Siṃhaghoṣa, Siṃhadhvaja, Ākāśapratiṣṭhita, Nityapaṛvrtta, Indradhvaja, Brahmadhvaja, Amitābha, Sarvalokadhātū- padravodvegapratyuttīrna, Tamāla-patra-candanagandha, Merukalpa, Meghasvara, Meghasvararāja, Sarvaloka-bhayastambhitatva- vidhvaṃsanakāra, and Śākyamuni; v. Eitel. He is said to have lived in a kalpa earlier than the present by kalpas as numerous as the atoms of a chiliocosm. Amitābha is his ninth son. Śākyamuni his sixteenth, and the present 大衆 or assembly of believers are said to be the reincarnation of those who were his disciples in that former aeon; v. Lotus Sutra, chapter 7.

大道

see styles
dà dào
    da4 dao4
ta tao
 masamichi
    まさみち
main street; avenue
main street; avenue; (surname, given name) Masamichi
great way

大鮫

see styles
 oosame
    おおさめ
(surname) Oosame

天丼

see styles
 tendon
    てんどん
(1) (abbreviation) {food} tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (2) (colloquialism) (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line

天后

see styles
tiān hòu
    tian1 hou4
t`ien hou
    tien hou
 tenkou / tenko
    てんこう
Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3]; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
queen of heaven
Queen of Heaven, v. 摩利支.

天竺

see styles
tiān zhú
    tian1 zhu2
t`ien chu
    tien chu
 tenjiku
    てんじく
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
(1) (obsolete) India; (2) (abbreviation) (See 天竺木綿) cotton sheeting; (prefix noun) (3) foreign; imported; (prefix noun) (4) ultra-spicy; extra hot; (place-name, surname) Tenjiku
(天竺國) India; 竹 zhu is said to have the same sound as 篤 tu, suggesting a connection with the 度 tu in 印度 Indu; other forms are 身毒 Sindhu, Scinde; 賢豆 Hindu; and 印持伽羅. The term is explained by 月 moon, which is the meaning of Indu, but it is said to be so called because the sages of India illumine the rest of the world: or because of the half-moon shape of the land, which was supposed to be 90, 000 li in circumference, and placed among other kingdoms like the moon among the stars. Another name is 因陀羅婆他那 ? Indravadana, or Indrabhavana, the region where Indra dwells. A hill and monastery near Hangchow.

天花

see styles
tiān huā
    tian1 hua1
t`ien hua
    tien hua
 tenge
    てんげ
smallpox; ceiling; stamen of corn; (old) snow; (dialect) sesame oil
(Buddhist term) flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image; snow; (place-name) Tenge
heavenly flowers

天親


天亲

see styles
tiān qīn
    tian1 qin1
t`ien ch`in
    tien chin
 amachika
    あまちか
one's flesh and blood
(surname) Amachika
Vasubandhu, 伐蘇畔度; 婆藪槃豆 (or 婆修槃豆) (or 婆修槃陀) 'akin to the gods ', or 世親 'akin to the world'. Vasubandhu is described as a native of Puruṣapura, or Peshawar, by Eitel as of Rājagriha, born '900 years after the nirvana', or about A. D. 400; Takakusu suggests 420-500, Peri puts his death not later than 350. In Eitel's day the date of his death was put definitely at A. D. 117. Vasubandhu's great work, the Abhidharmakośa, is only one of his thirty-six works. He is said to be the younger brother of Asaṅga of the Yogācāra school, by whom he was converted from the Sarvāstivāda school of thought to that of Mahāyāna and of Nāgārjuna. On his conversion he would have 'cut out his tongue' for its past heresy, but was dissuaded by his brother, who bade him use the same tongue to correct his errors, whereupon he wrote the 唯識論 and other Mahayanist works. He is called the twenty-first patriarch and died in Ayodhya.

央充

see styles
 hisamitsu
    ひさみつ
(personal name) Hisamitsu

央光

see styles
 hisamitsu
    ひさみつ
(given name) Hisamitsu

夷参

see styles
 isama
    いさま
(place-name) Isama

奢彌


奢弥

see styles
shē mí
    she1 mi2
she mi
 shami
奢弭 śamī, a leguminous tree associated with Śiva.

奥宮

see styles
 okumiya
    おくみや
(See 奥社) rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity); (surname) Okumiya

奥様

see styles
 okusama
    おくさま
(polite language) wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

奥社

see styles
 okusha
    おくしゃ
(See 本社) rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity); (place-name) Okusha

奮迅


奋迅

see styles
fèn xùn
    fen4 xun4
fen hsün
 funjin
    ふんじん
(form) (See 獅子奮迅) rousing oneself fiercely; being intensely stirred up
Speedy, immediate (samādhi), cf. 師.

奴頭

see styles
 yakkoatama
    やっこあたま
(See 奴・やっこ・1) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants

如し

see styles
 gotoshi
    ごとし
(auxiliary verb) like; as if; the same as

如一

see styles
rú yī
    ru2 yi1
ju i
 yukikazu
    ゆきかず
consistent; the same; unvarying
(given name) Yukikazu
merely

如數


如数

see styles
rú shù
    ru2 shu4
ju shu
in the amount stipulated (by prior agreement); in full; in the same amount

妙色

see styles
miào sè
    miao4 se4
miao se
 myōshiki
surūpa, 蘇樓波. The wonderful form or body, i.e. of a Buddha's saṃbhogakāya and his Buddha-land.

妙音

see styles
miào yīn
    miao4 yin1
miao yin
 myouon / myoon
    みょうおん
exquisite voice; exquisite music; (place-name) Myōon
Wonderful sound. (1) Gadgadasvara, 妙音菩薩 (or 妙音大士) a Bodhisattva, master of seventeen degrees of samādhi, residing in Vairocanaraśmi-pratimaṇḍita, whose name heads chap. 24 of the Lotus Sutra. (2) Sughoṣa, a sister of Guanyin; also a Buddha like Varuṇa controlling the waters 水天德佛, the 743rd Buddha of the present kalpa. (3) Ghoṣa, 瞿沙 an arhat, famous for exegesis, who "restored the eyesight of Dharmavivardhana by washing his eyes with the tears of people who were moved by his eloquence." Eitel.

妨げ

see styles
 samatage
    さまたげ
obstruction; hindrance

姫様

see styles
 himesama
    ひめさま
princess; daughter of a nobleman

娑磨

see styles
suō mó
    suo1 mo2
so mo
 Shama
Sama Veda, the third of the Vedas, containing the hymns.

娘的

see styles
niáng de
    niang2 de5
niang te
same as 媽的|妈的[ma1 de5]

嫡堂

see styles
dí táng
    di2 tang2
ti t`ang
    ti tang
having the same paternal grandfather but different father

子母

see styles
zǐ mǔ
    zi3 mu3
tzu mu
mother and son; interest and capital; combination of a large object and a smaller one of the same type

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