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国 see styles |
kokuki こくき |
More info & calligraphy: Guo |
國 国 see styles |
guó guo2 kuo kuniyuki くにゆき |
More info & calligraphy: Guo(out-dated kanji) (1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (personal name) Kuniyuki A country, a nation; national. |
上海 see styles |
shàng hǎi shang4 hai3 shang hai shanhai シャンハイ |
More info & calligraphy: ShanghaiShanghai (China); (place-name) Shanghai (China) |
中国 see styles |
nakakuni なかくに |
More info & calligraphy: China |
中國 中国 see styles |
zhōng guó zhong1 guo2 chung kuo nakaguni なかぐに |
More info & calligraphy: China(surname) Nakaguni Madhyadesa. 中天 (中天竺); 中梵 The middle kingdom, i. e. Central North India, v. 中印. |
圖瓦 图瓦 see styles |
tú wǎ tu2 wa3 t`u wa tu wa |
More info & calligraphy: Tuva |
地獄 地狱 see styles |
dì yù di4 yu4 ti yü jigoku じごく |
More info & calligraphy: Hell(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means. |
安息 see styles |
ān xī an1 xi1 an hsi ansoku あんそく |
More info & calligraphy: Sleep / Rest / Repose(n,vs,vi) rest; repose (安息國) Parthia, 波斯 modern Persia, from which several monks came to China in the later Han dynasty, such as 安世高 An Shigao, 安玄 Anxuan, 曇無諦 Tan Wudi, 安法欽 An Faqin, 安淸 Anqing.; To rest. |
集集 see styles |
jí jí ji2 ji2 chi chi |
More info & calligraphy: Chichi |
阿里山 see styles |
ā lǐ shān a1 li3 shan1 a li shan arisan ありさん |
More info & calligraphy: Alisan(place-name) Alishan (Taiwan) |
穆罕默德 see styles |
mù hǎn mò dé mu4 han3 mo4 de2 mu han mo te |
More info & calligraphy: Mehmed |
阿喀琉斯 see styles |
ā kā liú sī a1 ka1 liu2 si1 a k`a liu ssu a ka liu ssu |
More info & calligraphy: Achilles |
中央情報局 中央情报局 see styles |
zhōng yāng qíng bào jú zhong1 yang1 qing2 bao4 ju2 chung yang ch`ing pao chü chung yang ching pao chü chuuoujouhoukyoku / chuojohokyoku ちゅうおうじょうほうきょく |
More info & calligraphy: CIACentral Intelligence Agency (US); CIA |
中非共和國 中非共和国 see styles |
zhōng fēi gòng hé guó zhong1 fei1 gong4 he2 guo2 chung fei kung ho kuo |
More info & calligraphy: Central African Republic |
中央アフリカ see styles |
chuuouafurika / chuoafurika ちゅうおうアフリカ |
More info & calligraphy: Central Africa |
月支 see styles |
yuè zhī yue4 zhi1 yüeh chih Gasshi げっし |
the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]) Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people (月支國) The Yuezhi, or 'Indo-Scythians', 月氏 (國) and a country they at one time occupied, i. e. 都貨羅 Tukhara, Tokharestan, or Badakshan. Driven out from the northern curve of the Yellow River by the Huns, circa 165 B. C., they conquered Bactria 大夏, the Punjab, Kashmir, 'and the greater part of India. ' Their expulsion from the north of Shansi was the cause of the famous journey of Zhangqian of the Han dynasty and the beginning of Chinese expansion to the north-west. Kanishka, king of the Yuezhi towards the end of the first century A. D., became the great protector and propagator of Buddhism. |
月氏 see styles |
yuè zhī yue4 zhi1 yüeh chih Gesshi げっし |
ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people Yuezhi |
華中 华中 see styles |
huá zhōng hua2 zhong1 hua chung kachuu / kachu かちゅう |
central China central China; (place-name) Kachuu |
西遼 西辽 see styles |
xī liáo xi1 liao2 hsi liao seiryou / seryo せいりょう |
Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218 (kana only) (hist) Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire; 1132-1211) |
軸心 轴心 see styles |
zhóu xīn zhou2 xin1 chou hsin jikushin じくしん |
axle; (fig.) central element; key element; axis (alliance of nations) axial center; central axis |
中北部 see styles |
zhōng běi bù zhong1 bei3 bu4 chung pei pu chuuhokubu / chuhokubu ちゅうほくぶ |
north central area (noun - becomes adjective with の) north central region |
中央政府 see styles |
zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ zhong1 yang1 zheng4 fu3 chung yang cheng fu chuuouseifu / chuosefu ちゅうおうせいふ |
central government central government |
中央銀行 中央银行 see styles |
zhōng yāng yín háng zhong1 yang1 yin2 hang2 chung yang yin hang chuuouginkou / chuoginko ちゅうおうぎんこう |
central bank central bank |
せ see styles |
se セ |
(abbreviation) (See セントラルリーグ) Central League (Japanese baseball league); CL; (female given name) Se |
中 see styles |
zhòng zhong4 chung chun チュン |
to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery) (1) (abbreviation) {mahj} (See 紅中) red dragon tile; (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of red dragon tiles; (surname, given name) Mitsuru madhya. Middle, central, medium, the mean, within; to hit the centre. v. also 三諦. |
刹 see styles |
chà cha4 ch`a cha setsu せつ |
(n,suf) (1) temple (Buddhist); (2) central pillar of a pagoda; (3) (Buddhist term) kshetra (realm, country); ksetra; (female given name) Setsu cha; translit. kṣ. |
弁 see styles |
biàn bian4 pien wakachi わかち |
(old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times); preceding (1) speech; tongue; talk; eloquence; (suffix noun) (2) dialect; brogue; accent; (3) (abbreviation) bento; Japanese box lunch; (4) petal; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (5) valve; (6) Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices; (given name) Wakachi |
湘 see styles |
xiāng xiang1 hsiang masato まさと |
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province (personal name) Masato |
稭 秸 see styles |
jiē jie1 chieh shibe しべ |
variant of 秸[jie1] (See 藁しべ) central stalk of a dried rice plant |
胡 see styles |
hú hu2 hu ko こ |
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2]) barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; (surname) Fu How? Why? Hun; Turk; random; hemp; long-lived; pepper, etc.; translit. go, hu. |
自 see styles |
zì zi4 tzu ji じ |
(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course (prefix) (1) self-; (prefix) (2) (See 至) from (a time or place); (female given name) Mizu sva, svayam; the self, one' s own, personal; of itself, naturally, of course; also, from (i. e. from the self as central). 自 is used as the opposite of 他 another, other's, etc., e. g. 自力 (in) one's own strength as contrasted with 他力 the strength of another, especially in the power to save of a Buddha or Bodhisattva. It is also used in the sense of ātman 阿怛摩 the self, or the soul. |
辨 see styles |
biàn bian4 pien benzaki べんざき |
to distinguish; to recognize (out-dated kanji) (1) (abbreviation) bento; Japanese box lunch; (2) Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices; (surname) Benzaki Discriminate, distinguish; v. 辯21. |
邦 see styles |
bāng bang1 pang miyako みやこ |
(bound form) country; nation; state (1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (female given name) Miyako |
ナン see styles |
nan ナン |
naan (hin:); nan; flatbread in Central and South Asian cuisine; (personal name) Nan; Nunn |
まや see styles |
maya マヤ |
Maya (ancient Indian tribe in Central America); (female given name) Maya; Maia |
上総 see styles |
kazusa かずさ |
(hist) Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture); (surname) Jōsou |
中亞 中亚 see styles |
zhōng yà zhong1 ya4 chung ya |
Central Asia |
中區 中区 see styles |
zhōng qū zhong1 qu1 chung ch`ü chung chü |
central district (of a city); central zone |
中南 see styles |
zhōng nán zhong1 nan2 chung nan nakaminami なかみなみ |
South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); abbr. for China-South Africa (place-name, surname) Nakaminami |
中印 see styles |
zhōng yìn zhong1 yin4 chung yin chuuin / chuin ちゅういん |
China-India China and India; Sino-Indian; (place-name) Nakain Central India, i. e. of the 五印 five Indies, as mentioned by Xuanzang in the 西域記. |
中原 see styles |
zhōng yuán zhong1 yuan2 chung yüan chuugen / chugen ちゅうげん |
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest; (surname) Nakaraha |
中口 see styles |
nakaguchi なかぐち |
(1) central entrance; (2) slander; (surname) Nakaguchi |
中執 see styles |
chuushitsu / chushitsu ちゅうしつ |
(abbreviation) Central Executive Committee |
中天 see styles |
zhōng tiān zhong1 tian1 chung t`ien chung tien chuuten / chuten ちゅうてん |
culmination (astronomy) mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith (中天竺) Central North India, idem 中國. |
中央 see styles |
zhōng yāng zhong1 yang1 chung yang chuuou / chuo ちゅうおう |
central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) centre; center; middle; heart; (2) (See 地方・2) capital; seat of government; (female given name) Mao |
中寮 see styles |
zhōng liáo zhong1 liao2 chung liao |
Zhongliao or Chungliao Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan |
中尊 see styles |
zhōng zūn zhong1 zun1 chung tsun chuuzon; chuuson / chuzon; chuson ちゅうぞん; ちゅうそん |
{Buddh} (See 三尊・さんぞん・1,脇侍・きょうじ) central image (e.g. in a Buddha triad) The central honored one— in any group of Buddhas, e. g. 不動尊 among the five 明王. |
中支 see styles |
chuushi / chushi ちゅうし |
Central China |
中枢 see styles |
chuusuu / chusu ちゅうすう |
(1) centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; hub; backbone; central figure; pillar; key person; (2) (See 中枢神経系) central nervous system |
中梵 see styles |
zhōng fàn zhong1 fan4 chung fan Chūbon |
Central North India, idem 中國. |
中樞 中枢 see styles |
zhōng shū zhong1 shu1 chung shu |
center; hub; the central administration See: 中枢 |
中欧 see styles |
chuuou / chuo ちゅうおう |
Central Europe |
中歐 中欧 see styles |
zhōng ōu zhong1 ou1 chung ou |
Central Europe See: 中欧 |
中環 中环 see styles |
zhōng huán zhong1 huan2 chung huan chuukan / chukan ちゅうかん |
Central, Hong Kong Island (place-name) Central (Hong Kong); Central District |
中米 see styles |
chuubei / chube ちゅうべい |
(See 中央アメリカ) Central America; (surname) Nakagome |
中胎 see styles |
zhōng tāi zhong1 tai1 chung t`ai chung tai chūtai |
(中胎藏) The central figure of the eight-petalled group of the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala; i. e. the phenomenal Vairocana who has around him four Buddhas and four bodhisattvas, each on a petal. From this maṇḍala spring the four other great maṇḍalas. |
中臺 中台 see styles |
zhōng tái zhong1 tai2 chung t`ai chung tai nakadai なかだい |
China and Taiwan (surname) Nakadai The name of a Buddha in the center of lotus. |
中華 中华 see styles |
zhōng huá zhong1 hua2 chung hua chuuka / chuka ちゅうか |
China (alternate formal name) (1) (usu. in compounds) China; (2) (abbreviation) (See 中華料理) Chinese food; (surname) Chuuka [Central India] |
中財 中财 see styles |
zhōng cái zhong1 cai2 chung ts`ai chung tsai chuusai / chusai ちゅうさい |
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing (abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[Zhong1 yang1 Cai2 jing1 Da4 xue2]) (surname) Chuusai |
中軸 中轴 see styles |
zhōng zhóu zhong1 zhou2 chung chou chuujiku / chujiku ちゅうじく |
axis; (bicycle) bottom bracket axis; pivot; central figure; key man; (surname) Nakajiku |
中辦 中办 see styles |
zhōng bàn zhong1 ban4 chung pan |
General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP (abbr. for 中共中央辦公廳|中共中央办公厅[Zhong1 gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Ban4 gong1 ting1]) |
中部 see styles |
zhōng bù zhong1 bu4 chung pu chuubu / chubu ちゅうぶ |
middle part; central section (1) center; centre; middle; heart; (2) (abbreviation) (See 中部地方) Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures); (place-name, surname) Nakabe |
中銀 中银 see styles |
zhōng yín zhong1 yin2 chung yin chuugin / chugin ちゅうぎん |
Bank of China (abbr. for 中國銀行|中国银行[Zhong1 guo2 Yin2 hang2]) (abbreviation) (See 中央銀行) central bank |
中門 see styles |
chuumon / chumon ちゅうもん |
(1) (See 寝殿造り,対の屋,釣り殿) gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); (2) central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); (3) central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse); (surname) Nakakado |
中非 see styles |
zhōng fēi zhong1 fei1 chung fei |
China-Africa (relations); Central Africa; Central African Republic |
中體 中体 see styles |
zhōng tǐ zhong1 ti3 chung t`i chung ti chūtai |
The central Buddha in a group. |
主屋 see styles |
omoya おもや |
(1) main building (of a manor); (2) central room (of a house) |
主柱 see styles |
shuchuu / shuchu しゅちゅう |
(1) (See 大黒柱・1) central pillar; (2) (See 大黒柱・2) principal post; backbone of a society or community |
主線 主线 see styles |
zhǔ xiàn zhu3 xian4 chu hsien |
main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme |
于闐 于阗 see styles |
yú tián yu2 tian2 yü t`ien yü tien Uten |
于遁; 于殿; 于塡; 谿丹; 屈丹; 和闐; 澳那; 瞿薩憺那 Kustana, or Khotan, in Turkestan, the principal centre of Central Asian Buddhism until the Moslem invasion. Buddhism was introduced there about 200 B.C. or earlier. It was the centre from which is credited the spread of Mahayanism, v. 西城記 12. |
五天 see styles |
wǔ tiān wu3 tian1 wu t`ien wu tien goten ごてん |
(surname) Goten 五天竺; The five regions of India, north, south, east, west, and central; v. 西域記.; （五天子) Five devas in the Garbhadhātumaṇḍala located in the north-east. Also 五乘居天 (or 五乘居衆 ); 五那含天子. |
五黄 see styles |
goou / goo ごおう |
(See 九星) fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central); (given name) Goou |
伯耆 see styles |
houki / hoki ほうき |
(hist) Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Houki |
佔中 占中 see styles |
zhàn zhōng zhan4 zhong1 chan chung |
Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -) |
佛陀 see styles |
fó tuó fo2 tuo2 fo t`o fo to budda |
Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) v. 佛 There are numerous monks from India and Central Asia bearing this as part of their names. |
內胎 内胎 see styles |
nèi tāi nei4 tai1 nei t`ai nei tai naitai |
inner tube (of a tire) The inner garbhadhātu, i. e. the eight objects in the eight leaves in the central group of the maṇḍala. |
六難 六难 see styles |
liun án liun4 an2 liun an rokunan |
The six difficult things— to be born in a Buddha-age, to hear the true Buddha-law, to beget a good heart, to be born in the central kingdom (India), to be born in human form, and to be perfect; see, Nirvana Sutra 23. |
匈奴 see styles |
xiōng nú xiong1 nu2 hsiung nu kyoudo; funnu / kyodo; funnu きょうど; フンヌ |
Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties (hist) Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns) |
南岸 see styles |
nán àn nan2 an4 nan an nangan なんがん |
Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4] south coast; south bank; (surname) Minamikishi |
南投 see styles |
nán tóu nan2 tou2 nan t`ou nan tou nantou / nanto なんとう |
Nantou city and county in central Taiwan (place-name) Nantou (Taiwan) |
南羅 南罗 see styles |
nán luó nan2 luo2 nan lo Nanra |
Southern Lāra; Mālava, an ancient kingdom in Central India; head quarters of heretical in the present Malwa. |
占城 see styles |
chanpa; senjou / chanpa; senjo チャンパ; せんじょう |
(hist) (kana only) Champa (former kingdom(surname) in central Vietnam); (place-name) (ancient Vietnamese kingdom) |
台中 see styles |
tái zhōng tai2 zhong1 t`ai chung tai chung taitson タイツォン |
Taichung, city in central Taiwan (place-name) Taichung (Taiwan) |
名間 名间 see styles |
míng jiān ming2 jian1 ming chien nama なま |
Mingjian or Mingchien Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan (surname) Nama |
哈密 see styles |
hā mì ha1 mi4 ha mi Gōmitsu |
Hami, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Hami, 'an ancient city and kingdom in Central Asia north-east of lake Lop in Lat. 43゜3 N., Long, 93°10 E.' Eitel. From Han to Tang times known as I-wu 伊吾, now called Kumul by Turki Mohammadans. For more than 1500 years, owing to its location and supply of water, Hami was a bridgehead for the expansion and control of the outposts of the Chinese empire in Central Asia. |
唯心 see styles |
wéi xīn wei2 xin1 wei hsin yuishin ゆいしん |
(1) {Buddh} doctrine that all phenomena are produced from consciousness (a central teaching of the Avatamska sutra); (2) {phil} (See 唯物) spiritualism; (personal name) Yuishin Idealism, mind only, the theory that the only reality is mental, that of the mind. Similar to 唯識q. v. and v. Lankavatara sutra. |
嘉義 嘉义 see styles |
jiā yì jia1 yi4 chia i kagi かぎ |
Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan (surname, female given name) Kagi; (place-name) Chiayi (Jiayi), city and county in central Taiwan |
嘉黎 see styles |
jiā lí jia1 li2 chia li |
Lhari county, Tibetan: Lha ri rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet |
四洲 see styles |
sì zhōu si4 zhou1 ssu chou shishū |
catur-dvīpa; the four inhabited continents of every universe; they are situated S., E., W., and N. of the central mountain Sumeru; S. is Jambudvīpa 暗部洲; E. Pūrva-videha 東毘提訶; W. Apara-godānīya 牛貨; and N. Uttarakuru 瞿盧. |
国立 see styles |
kokuritsu こくりつ |
(adj-no,n) national; founded and run by the central government; (surname) Kokuryū |
國姓 国姓 see styles |
guó xìng guo2 xing4 kuo hsing |
Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan |
土樓 土楼 see styles |
tǔ lóu tu3 lou2 t`u lou tu lou |
traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine See: 土楼 |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
埔里 see styles |
pǔ lǐ pu3 li3 p`u li pu li |
Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan |
堂屋 see styles |
táng wū tang2 wu1 t`ang wu tang wu douya / doya どうや |
central room of a traditional Chinese house (surname) Dōya a hall |
壁代 see styles |
kabeshiro かべしろ |
(See 母屋・もや・3,庇・2) curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture) |
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。. |
大夏 see styles |
dà xià da4 xia4 ta hsia haruka はるか |
Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country (female given name) Haruka |
大学 see styles |
daigaku だいがく |
(1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (2) (abbreviation) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); (3) the Great Learning (one of the Four Books); (p,s,g) Daigaku |
大學 大学 see styles |
dà xué da4 xue2 ta hsüeh daigaku だいがく |
university; college; CL:所[suo3] (out-dated kanji) (1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (2) (abbreviation) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); (3) the Great Learning (one of the Four Books); (surname) Daigaku |
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