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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
デビ see styles |
debi デビ |
More info & calligraphy: Devi |
夫人 see styles |
fū ren fu1 ren5 fu jen fujin(p); bunin(ok); hashikashi(ok) ふじん(P); ぶにん(ok); はしかし(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Fujin(1) (ふじん, はしかし only) (honorific or respectful language) wife; Mrs; madam; (2) (ふじん only) (archaism) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (3) (ふじん, ぶにん only) (archaism) consort of the emperor A wife; the wife of a king, i. e. a queen, devi. |
地天 see styles |
dì tiān di4 tian1 ti t`ien ti tien jiten じてん |
(surname) Jiten The earth-devī, Pṛthivī, one of the four with thunderbolts in the Vajradhātu group; also CF. 地后 the earth-devī in the Garbhadhātu group. Cf. 地神. |
地神 see styles |
dì shén di4 shen2 ti shen chijin ちじん |
gods of the land; earthly deities; (surname) Jigami The earth devī, Pṛthivī also styled 堅牢 firm and secure; cf. 地天. |
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. |
提鞞 see styles |
tí bǐ ti2 bi3 t`i pi ti pi daihi |
devī. Female devas; apsaras. |
神女 see styles |
shén nǚ shen2 nu:3 shen nü shinnyo しんにょ |
goddess; prostitute (slang) (See 女神) goddess; female deity; (female given name) Miko A devī, a female spirit; a sorceress. |
文陀竭 see styles |
wén tuó jié wen2 tuo2 jie2 wen t`o chieh wen to chieh Bundaketsu |
Mūrdhajāta, Māndhātṛ, i. e. 頂生王 born from his mother's head, a reputed previous incarnation of the Buddha, who still ambitious, despite his universal earthly sway, his thousand sons, etc., few to Indra's heaven, saw the 天上玉女 celestial devī, but on the desire arising to rule there on Indra's death, he was hurled to earth; v. 文陀竭王經. |
梁皇懺 梁皇忏 see styles |
liáng huáng chàn liang2 huang2 chan4 liang huang ch`an liang huang chan Ryōkō sen |
The litany of Liang Wudi for his wife, who became a large snake, or dragon, after her death, and troubled the emperor's dreams. After the litany was performed, she became a devi, thanked the emperor, and departed. |
梵天女 see styles |
fàn tiān nǚ fan4 tian1 nv3 fan t`ien nü fan tien nü bonten nyo |
A devi in the garbhadhātu group. |
伎藝天女 伎艺天女 see styles |
jì yì tiān nǚ ji4 yi4 tian1 nv3 chi i t`ien nü chi i tien nü gigei tennyo |
The metamorphic devī on the head of Śiva, perhaps the moon which is the usual figure on Śiva's head. |
ナンダデビ山 see styles |
nandadebisan ナンダデビさん |
(place-name) Nanda Devi (mountain) |
ルクミニデビ see styles |
rukuminidebi ルクミニデビ |
(person) Rukmini Devi |
ファルスデビ岬 see styles |
farusudebimisaki ファルスデビみさき |
(place-name) False Devi Point |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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