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天龍 天龙 see styles |
tiān lóng tian1 long2 t`ien lung tien lung tenryuu / tenryu てんりゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Celestial Dragon / Tian LongDevas, including Brahma, Indra, and the devas, together with the nāgas. |
法輪 法轮 see styles |
fǎ lún fa3 lun2 fa lun hourin / horin ほうりん |
More info & calligraphy: Eternal Wheel of Life{Buddh} (See 輪宝,転法輪) the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine; (surname) Noriwa dharmacakra, the Wheel of the Law, Buddha-truth which is able to crush all evil and all opposition, like Indra's wheel, and which rolls on from man to man, place to place, age to age. 轉法輪To turn, or roll along the Law-wheel, i.e. to preach Buddha-truth. |
金剛 金刚 see styles |
jīn gāng jin1 gang1 chin kang kongou / kongo こんごう |
More info & calligraphy: Diamond(1) vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; (2) thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth; (p,s,g) Kongou vajra, 伐闍羅; 跋折羅 (or跋闍羅); 縛曰羅(or 縛日羅) The thunderbolt of Indra, often called the diamond club; but recent research considers it a sun symbol. The diamond, synonym of hardness, indestructibility, power, the least frangible of minerals. It is one of the saptaratna 七寶. |
因陀羅 因陀罗 see styles |
yīn tuó luó yin1 tuo2 luo2 yin t`o lo yin to lo Indara |
More info & calligraphy: IndraIndra, 因坻; 因提; 因提梨; 因達羅; 天帝; 天主帝; 帝釋天; originally a god of the atmosphere, i. e. of thunder and rain; idem Śakra; his symbol is the vajra, or thunderbolt, hence he is the 金剛手; he became 'lord of the gods of the sky', 'regent of the east quarter', 'popularly chief after Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, '(M.W.); in Buddhism he represents the secular power, and is inferior to a Buddhist saint. Cf. 忉利 and 印. |
阿修羅 阿修罗 see styles |
ā xiū luó a1 xiu1 luo2 a hsiu lo ashura; asura あしゅら; あすら |
More info & calligraphy: Frightful Demon / Asura{Buddh} Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (female given name) Ashura asura, 修羅 originally meaning a spirit, spirits, or even the gods, it generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as 'not devas', and 'ugly', and 'without wine'. Other forms are 阿須羅 (or 阿蘇羅, or 阿素羅); 阿修倫 (or羅須倫 or 阿修輪 or 羅須輪); 阿素洛; 阿差. Four classes are named according to their manner of rebirth-egg, born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru, but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas. The 阿修羅道 is one of the six gatis, or ways of reincarnation. The 修羅場 or 修羅巷 is the battlefield of the asuras against Indra. The 阿修羅琴 are their harps. |
二天 see styles |
èr tiān er4 tian1 erh t`ien erh tien niten にてん |
(place-name) Niten The two devas. (1) 日天 and 月天Sun-deva and Moon-deva. (2) 同生天A deva born simultaneously with the individual and 同名天 a deva with the same name as the individual; both devas have the duty of watching over the individual. (3) 梵天 and 帝釋天 Brahma and Indra. |
供天 see styles |
gōng tiān gong1 tian1 kung t`ien kung tien kuten |
天供 The devas who serve Indra. |
修羅 修罗 see styles |
xiū luó xiu1 luo2 hsiu lo shura; sura しゅら; すら |
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology (1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 阿修羅) Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (2) fighting; carnage; conflict; strife; (3) sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); (4) (See 滑道) log slide; chute; flume; (female given name) Shura asura, demons who war with Indra; v. 阿修羅; it is also sura, which means a god, or deity. |
十二 see styles |
shí èr shi2 er4 shih erh tooji とおじ |
twelve; 12 12; twelve; (given name) Tooji dvātriṃśa. Thirty-two. 三十二應 (or 三十二身) The thirty-two forms of Guanyin, and of Puxian, ranging from that of a Buddha to that of a man, a maid, a rakṣas; similar to the thirty-three forms named in the Lotus Sūtra. 三十二相三十二大人相 dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇa. The thirty-two lakṣaṇas, or physical marks of a cakravartī, or 'wheel-king', especially of the Buddha, i. e. level feet, thousand-spoke wheel-sign on feet, long slender fingers, pliant hands and feet, toes and fingers finely webbed, full-sized heels, arched insteps, thighs like a royal stag, hands reaching below the knees well-retracted male organ, height and stretch of arms equal, every hair-root dark coloured, body hair graceful and curly, golden-hued body, a 10 ft. halo around him, soft smooth skin, the 七處, i. e. two soles, two palms, two shoulders, and crown well rounded, below the armpits well-filled, lion-shaped body, erect, full shoulders, forty teeth, teeth white even and close, the four canine teeth pure white, lion-jawed, saliva improving the taste of all food, tongue long and broad, voice deep and resonant, eyes deep blue, eyelashes like a royal bull, a white ūrnā or curl between the eyebrows emitting light, an uṣṇīṣa or fleshy protuberance on the crown. These are from the 三藏法數 48, with which the 智度論 4, 涅盤經 28, 中阿含經, 三十ニ相經 generally agree. The 無量義經 has a different list. 三十二相經 The eleventh chapter of the 阿含經. 三十二相經願 The twenty-first of Amitābha's vows, v. 無量壽經. 三十三 trayastriṃśat. Thirty-three. 三十三天忉利天; 憺梨天, 多羅夜登陵舍; 憺利夜登陵奢; 憺利耶憺利奢 Trayastriṃśas. The Indra heaven, the second of the six heavens of form. Its capital is situated on the summit of Mt. Sumeru, where Indra rules over his thirty-two devas, who reside on thirty-two peaks of Sumeru, eight in each of the four directons. Indra's capital is called 殊勝 Sudarśana, 喜見城 Joy-view city. Its people are a yojana in height, each one's clothing weighs 六鐵 (1; 4 oz. ), and they live 1, 000 years, a day and night being equal to 100 earthly years. Eitel says Indra's heaven 'tallies in all its details with the Svarga of Brahminic mythology' and suggests that 'the whole myth may have an astronomical meaning', or be connected, with 'the atmosphere with its phenomena, which strengthens Koeppen's hypothesis explaining the number thirty-three as referring to the eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology'. In his palace called Vaijayanta 'Indra is enthroned with 1, 000 eyes with four arms grasping the vajra. There he revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife Śacī... and with 119, 000 concubines with whom he associates by means of transformation'.; dvādaśa, twelve. |
四方 see styles |
sì fāng si4 fang1 ssu fang shihou(p); yomo; yohou / shiho(p); yomo; yoho しほう(P); よも; よほう |
four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere (1) the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions; (2) (しほう, よほう only) surroundings; (3) (しほう only) many countries; the whole world; (4) (よも only) all around; here and there; (5) (しほう, よほう only) square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure; (6) four sides (of a square); (surname) Yomono The four quarters of the compass; a square, square; the E. is ruled by Indra, S. by Yama, W. by Varuṇa, and N. by Vaiśramaṇa; the N. E. is ruled by 伊舍尼 Iśāna, S. E. by 護摩 Homa, S. W. by 涅哩底 Nirṛti, and the N. W. by 嚩瘐 Varuṇa. |
四苑 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan shion |
The pleasure grounds outside 善見城 Sudarśana, the heavenly city of Indra: E. 衆車苑 Caitrarathavana, the park of chariots; S. 麤惡苑 Parūṣakavana, the war park; W. 雜林苑 Miśrakāvana, intp. as the park where all desires are fulfilled; N. 喜林苑 Nandanavana, the park of all delights. Also 四園. |
大意 see styles |
dà yi da4 yi5 ta i taii / tai たいい |
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. |
天主 see styles |
tiān zhǔ tian1 zhu3 t`ien chu tien chu tenshu てんしゅ |
God (in Catholicism); abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism Lord of Heaven; God Devapati. The Lord of devas, a title of Indra. |
天供 see styles |
tiān gōng tian1 gong1 t`ien kung tien kung tenku |
celestials serving Indra |
天帝 see styles |
tiān dì tian1 di4 t`ien ti tien ti tentei / tente てんてい |
God of heaven; Celestial emperor (1) Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); (2) {Christn} God; (3) {Buddh} (See 帝釈天・たいしゃくてん) Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra King, or emperor of Heaven, i. e. 因陀羅 Indra, i. e. 釋 (釋迦); 釋迦婆; 帝 (帝釋); Śakra, king of the devaloka 忉利天, one of the ancient gods of India, the god of the sky who fights the demons with his vajra, or thunderbolt. He is inferior to the trimūrti, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, having taken the place of Varuṇa, or sky. Buddhism adopted him as its defender, though, like all the gods, he is considered inferior to a Buddha or any who have attained bodhi. His wife is Indrāṇī. |
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. |
天衆 天众 see styles |
tiān zhòng tian1 zhong4 t`ien chung tien chung tenshu; tenju; tenshuu / tenshu; tenju; tenshu てんしゅ; てんじゅ; てんしゅう |
{Buddh} deva; celestial being The host of heaven, Brahma, Indra, and all their host. |
天鼓 see styles |
tiān gǔ tian1 gu3 t`ien ku tien ku tenko てんこ |
(given name) Tenko The deva drum— in the 善法 Good Law Hall of the Trayas-triṃśas heavens, which sounds of itself, warning the inhabitants of the thirty-three heavens that even their life is impermanent and subject to karma: at the sound of the drum Indra preaches against excess. Hence it is a title of Buddha as the great law-drum, who warns, exhorts, and encourages the good and frightens the evil and the demons. |
寶網 宝网 see styles |
bǎo wǎng bao3 wang3 pao wang hōmō |
Indra's net of gems; also 帝網; 因陀羅網. |
帝居 see styles |
dì jū di4 ju1 ti chü taiko |
The abode of Indra. |
帝弓 see styles |
dì gōng di4 gong1 ti kung tai kyū |
Indra's bow |
帝相 see styles |
dì xiàng di4 xiang4 ti hsiang Taisō |
Indra-dhvaja, a Buddha 'said to have been a contemporary of Śākyamuni, living south-west of our universe, an incarnation of the seventh son of Mahābhijñajñānabhibhū.' Eitel. |
帝網 帝网 see styles |
dì wǎng di4 wang3 ti wang taimō |
(帝釋網) ? Indra-jala. The net of Indra, hanging in Indra's 宮 hall, out of which all things can be produced; also the name of an incantation considered all-powerful. |
帝釈 see styles |
taishaku たいしゃく |
(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 帝釈天) Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology; (surname) Taishiyaku |
帝釋 帝释 see styles |
dì shì di4 shi4 ti shih taishaku たいしゃく |
(surname) Taishaku Sovereign Śakra; Indra; 能天帝 mighty lord of devas; Lord of the Trayastriṃśas, i.e. the thirty-three heavens 三十三天 q. v.; he is also styled 釋迦提桓因陀羅 (or 釋迦提婆因陀羅) (or 釋迦提桓因達羅 or 釋迦提婆因達羅); 釋帝桓因 Śakra-devānām Indra. |
桓因 see styles |
huán yīn huan2 yin1 huan yin Kanin |
Indra, abbrev. for 釋提桓因. |
殊勝 殊胜 see styles |
shū shèng shu1 sheng4 shu sheng shushou / shusho しゅしょう |
(noun or adjectival noun) admirable; laudable Rare, extraordinary, surpassing, as the 殊勝殿 and 池 surpassing palace and lake of Indra. |
焰網 焰网 see styles |
yàn wǎng yan4 wang3 yen wang enmō |
The flaming, or shining net of Buddha, the glory of Buddha, which encloses everything like the net of Indra. |
美音 see styles |
měi yīn mei3 yin1 mei yin bion びおん |
a sweet voice; (female given name) Riri Beautiful sound, a king of the Gandharvas (乾闥婆), Indra's musicians. Also, the name of a son of Sudhīra and Sumitra converted by Ānanda. |
舍支 see styles |
shè zhī she4 zhi1 she chih shashi |
śaśa, 設施 a hare; śaśī, or śaśin, the moon; śakti, energy. (1) The hare (which threw itself into the fire to save starving people), transferred by Indra to the centre of the moon. (2) śakti is the wife or female energy of a deity, cf. 舍脂. (3) The female organ. |
舍脂 see styles |
shè zhī she4 zhi1 she chih shashi |
śācī, 舍支; 設施 power of speech and action. Name of Indra's chief consort. Indra is known as舍脂鉢低 Śacīpati. |
釋帝 释帝 see styles |
shì dì shi4 di4 shih ti Shakutai |
Śakra, Indra, lord of the thirty-three heavens; also 帝釋; 釋迦 (釋迦婆) q.v. |
釋梵 释梵 see styles |
shì fàn shi4 fan4 shih fan shakubon |
Indra and Brahma, both protectors of Buddhism. |
釋輪 释轮 see styles |
shì lún shi4 lun2 shih lun shakurin |
Śakra's wheel, the discus of Indra, symbol of the earth. |
重重 see styles |
zhòng zhòng zhong4 zhong4 chung chung jūjū じゅうじゅう |
heavily; severely (adj-no,adv,n) repeated; manifold Repeated, again and again, manifold, e.g. 重重帝網 The multi-meshed net of Indra. |
須彌 须弥 see styles |
xū mí xu1 mi2 hsü mi Shumi |
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues Sumeru, also 須彌樓; 彌樓; 蘇彌樓; 修迷樓; later 蘇迷盧; the central mountain of every world, tr. as 妙高; 妙光, etc., wonderful height, wonderful brilliancy, etc.; at the top is Indra's heaven, or heavens, below them are the four devalokas; around are eight circles of mountains and between them the eight seas, the whole forming nine mountains and eight seas. |
香山 see styles |
xiāng shān xiang1 shan1 hsiang shan koyama こやま |
Fragrance Hill (a park in Beijing) (surname) Koyama the fragrant or incense mountains, so called because the Gandharvas do not drink wine or eat meat, but feed on incense or fragrance and give off fragrant odours. As musicians of Indra, or in the retinue of Dhṛtarāṣtra, they are said to be the same as, or similar to, the Kinnaras. They are, or according to M. W., Dhṛtarāṣtra is associated with soma, the moon, and with medicine. They cause ecstasy, are erotic, and the patrons of marriageable girls; the apsaras are their wives, and both are patrons of dicers.; Gandhamādana. Incense mountain, one of the ten fabulous mountains known to Chinese Buddhism, located in the region of the Anavatapta lake in Tibet; also placed in the Kunlun range. Among its great trees dwell the Kinnaras, Indra's musicians. |
香神 see styles |
xiāng shén xiang1 shen2 hsiang shen |
香音神 The gods of fragrance (and music), i.e. the Gandharvas who live on Gandhamādana; the musicians of Indra, with Dhṛtarāṣṭra as their ruler. |
九齋日 九斋日 see styles |
jiǔ zhāi rì jiu3 zhai1 ri4 chiu chai jih ku sainichi |
the nine kinds of days of abstinence on which no food is eaten after twelve o'clock: noon and the commands are observed. They are: Every day of the first month, of the fifth month, of the ninth month, and the following six days of each month, 8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 30th. On these days Indra and the four deva-kings investigate the conduct of men. |
乾闥婆 干闼婆 see styles |
gān tà pó gan1 ta4 po2 kan t`a p`o kan ta po kendatsuba けんだつば |
{Buddh} gandharva (heavenly musicians and protectors of Buddhism) 乾沓婆 or 乾沓和; 健達婆(or 健闥婆); 健達縛; 健陀羅; 彦達縛 gandharva or gandharva kāyikās, spirits on Gandha-mādana 香 山 the fragrant or incense mountains, so called because the Gandharvas do not drink wine or eat meat, but feed on incense or fragrance and give off fragrant odours. As musicians of Indra, or in the retinue of Dhṛtarāṣtra, they are said to be the same as, or similar to, the Kinnaras. They are, or according to M.W., Dhṛtarāṣtra is associated with soma, the moon, and with medicine. They cause ecstasy, are erotic, and the patrons of marriageable girls; the Apsaras are their wives, and both are patrons of dicers. |
二十天 see styles |
èr shí tiān er4 shi2 tian1 erh shih t`ien erh shih tien nijū ten |
The twenty devas. (1) 大梵天王 (Mahābrahman), (2) 帝釋尊天(Śakra devānām Indra), (3) 多聞天王 (Vaiśravana, 毘沙門, or Dhanada), (4) 持國天王(Dhṛtarāṣṭra), (5) 增長天王 (Virūḍhaka), (6) 廣目天王 (Virūpākṣa), (7) 金剛密迹(?Gunyapati), (8) 摩醯首羅 (Maheśvara), (9) 散脂 (迦) 大將 (Pañcika), (10) 大辯才天 (Sarasvatī), (11) 大功德天 (Lakṣmī), (12) 韋驛天神 (Skanda), (13) 堅牢地神 (Pṛthivī), (14) 善提樹神 (Bodhidruma, or Bodhi-vṛkṣa), (15) 鬼子母神 (Hāritī), (16) 摩利支天 (Marīci), (17) 日宮天子 (Sūrya), (18) 月宮天子 (Candra, etc. There are many different names), (19) 裟竭龍王(Sāgara), (20) 閣摩羅王 (Yama-rāja). |
伐折羅 伐折罗 see styles |
fá zhé luó fa2 zhe2 luo2 fa che lo basara |
vajra. 伐闍羅; 縛日羅 (or 嚩日羅 or 跋日羅) (or 跋日囉); 嚩馹囉; 跋折羅 (or 跋闍羅); 跋折多; 波闍羅 (or 髮闍羅), tr. by 金剛 (金剛杵) Diamond club; the thunderbolt, svastika; recently defined by Western scholars as a sun symbol. It is one of the saptaratna, seven precious things; the sceptre of Indra as god of thunder and lightning, with which he slays the enemies of Buddhism; the sceptre of the exorcist; the symbol of the all conquering power of Buddha. |
修羅軍 修罗军 see styles |
xiū luó jun xiu1 luo2 jun1 hsiu lo chün shura no ikusa |
The army of asuras, fighting on the 修羅場 asura battlefield against Indra. |
八方天 see styles |
bā fāng tiān ba1 fang1 tian1 pa fang t`ien pa fang tien happō ten |
The eight heavens and devas at the eight points of the compass: E., the Indra, or Śakra heaven; S., the Yama heaven; W., the Varuna, or water heaven; N., the Vaiśramana, or Pluto heaven; N.E., the Īśāna, or Śiva heaven; S.E., the Homa, or fire heaven; S.W., the Nirṛti, or Rakṣa heaven; N.W., the Vāyu, or wind heaven. All these may be considered as devalokas or heavens. |
劫波樹 劫波树 see styles |
jié bō shù jie2 bo1 shu4 chieh po shu kōhaju |
kalpataru A tree in Indra's garden bearing fruit according to the seasons. |
十二天 see styles |
shí èr tiān shi2 er4 tian1 shih erh t`ien shih erh tien juuniten / juniten じゅうにてん |
twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect); (place-name) Jūniten The twelve devas (especially of the Shingon sect): Brahmā; the deva of earth; of the moon; of the sun; Indra; of fire; Yama; of the rakṣas (or demons); of water; of wind; Vaiśramaṇa (wealth); and Maheśvara (Śiva). Also 十二大天衆. |
十二神 see styles |
shí èr shén shi2 er4 shen2 shih erh shen juunijin / junijin じゅうにじん |
(place-name) Jūnijin （十二神明王） The twelve spirits connected with the cult of 藥師 the Master of Healing. Also 十二神將. They are associated with the twelve hours of the day, of which they are guardian spirits. Their names are as follows: 宮 (or 金) 毘羅 Kumbhīra; 伐折羅 Vajra; 迷企羅 Mihira; 安底羅 Aṇḍīra; 頞儞羅 Anila; 珊底羅 Śaṇḍila; 因陀羅 Indra; 波夷羅Pajra; 摩虎羅 Mahoraga; 眞達羅 Kinnara; 招杜羅 Catura; and 毘羯羅 Vikarāla. |
十六天 see styles |
shí liù tiān shi2 liu4 tian1 shih liu t`ien shih liu tien jūroku ten |
(十六大天) The sixteen devas are E. Indra and his wife; S.E. the fire deva and his wife; S. Yama and his wife; S.W. Yakṣa-rāja (Kuvera) and wife; W. the water deva and his nāga wife (Śakti); N.W. the wind deva and wife; N. Vaiśramaṇa and wife; N.E. Īśāna and wife. |
印達羅 印达罗 see styles |
yìn dá luó yin4 da2 luo2 yin ta lo indara |
Indra; a thousand quinquillions. |
喜林苑 see styles |
xǐ lín yuàn xi3 lin2 yuan4 hsi lin yüan Kirin on |
Joy-grove garden, a name for Indra's garden or paradise. |
喜見城 喜见城 see styles |
xǐ jiàn chéng xi3 jian4 cheng2 hsi chien ch`eng hsi chien cheng kikenjou / kikenjo きけんじょう |
(surname, given name) Kikenjō Sudarśana, the city, beautiful, the chief city or capital, of the thirty-three Indra-heavens; also 善見域. |
喜見天 喜见天 see styles |
xǐ jiàn tiān xi3 jian4 tian1 hsi chien t`ien hsi chien tien Kiken ten |
The Trāyastriṃśas, or thirty-three devas or gods of Indra's heaven, on the summit of Meru. |
四天王 see styles |
sì tiān wáng si4 tian1 wang2 ssu t`ien wang ssu tien wang shitennou / shitenno してんのう |
(1) {Buddh} the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); (2) the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field) (四大天王) catur-mahārājas, or Lokapālas; the four deva-kings. Indra's external 'generals 'who dwell each on a side of Mount Meru, and who ward off from the world the attacks of malicious spirits, or asuras, hence their name 護世四天王 the four deva-kings, guardians of the world. Their abode is the 四天王天 catur-maharāja-kāyikas; and their titles are: East 持國天 Deva who keeps (his) kingdom; colour white; name Dhṛtarsaṣtra. South 增長天 Deva of increase and growth; blue; name Virūḍhaka. West 廣目天 The broad-eyed (also ugly-eyed) deva (perhaps a form of Siva); red; name Virūpākṣa. North 多聞天 The deva who hears much and is well-versed; yellow; name Vaiśravaṇa, or Dhanada; he is a form of Kuvera, the god of wealth. These are the four giant temple guardians introduced as such to China by Amogha; cf. 四天王經. |
地居天 see styles |
dì jū tiān di4 ju1 tian1 ti chü t`ien ti chü tien jigo ten |
Indra's heaven on the top of Sumeru, below the 空居天 heavens in space. |
堙羅那 堙罗那 see styles |
yīn luó nà yin1 luo2 na4 yin lo na Inrana |
Airāvana, a king of the elephants; Indra's white elephant, cf. 伊. It is also confused with Airāvata in the above senses, and for certain trees, herbs, etc.; also with Elāpattra, name of a nāga. |
大力王 see styles |
dà lì wáng da4 li4 wang2 ta li wang Dairiki ō |
King Powerful, noted for his unstinted generosity. Indra to test him appeared as a Brahman and asked for his flesh; the king ungrudgingly cut of and gave him his arm. Indra was then Devadatta, King Powerful was Śākyamuni; v. 菩薩藏經 (下). |
大靑珠 see styles |
dà qīng zhū da4 qing1 zhu1 ta ch`ing chu ta ching chu daishōshu |
mahānīla. 摩訶尼羅 A precious stone, large and blue, perhaps identical with Indra-nīla-muktā, i.e. the Indra of precious stones, a 'sapphire' (M. W.). |
天帝釋 天帝释 see styles |
tiān dì shì tian1 di4 shi4 t`ien ti shih tien ti shih Ten taishaku |
Śakra Devānām-Indra |
天樹王 天树王 see styles |
tiān shù wáng tian1 shu4 wang2 t`ien shu wang tien shu wang tenju ō |
The pārijāta tree 波利質多 which grows in front of Indra's palace— the king among the heavenly trees. |
富樓那 富楼那 see styles |
fù lóu nà fu4 lou2 na4 fu lou na Fūruna |
Pūrṇa; also富樓那彌多羅尼子 and other similar phonetic forms; Pūrṇamaitrāyaṇīputra, or Maitrāyaṇīputra, a disciple of Śākyamuni, son of Bhava by a slave girl, often confounded with Maitreya. The chief preacher among the ten principal disciples of Śākyamuni; ill-treated by his brother, engaged in business, saved his brothers from shipwreck by conquering Indra through samādhi; built a vihāra for Śākyamuni; expected to reappear as 法明如來 Dharmaprabhāsa Buddha. |
帝釈天 see styles |
taishakuten たいしゃくてん |
{Buddh} Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology; (personal name) Taishakuten |
帝釋天 帝释天 see styles |
dì shì tiān di4 shi4 tian1 ti shih t`ien ti shih tien taishakuten たいしゃくてん |
(place-name) Taishakuten Śakra Devānām-Indra |
帝釋巖 帝释巖 see styles |
dì shì yán di4 shi4 yan2 ti shih yen Taishaku gan |
帝釋窟 Indraśīlāguhā, Indra's cave at Nālandā in Magadha, where Indra is supposed to have sought relief for his doubts from the Buddha. |
帝釋甁 帝释甁 see styles |
dì shì píng di4 shi4 ping2 ti shih p`ing ti shih ping Taishaku byō |
The vase of Indra, from which came all things he needed; called also 德祥甁(or 賢祥甁or 吉祥甁) vase of virtue, or of worth, or of good fortune. |
帝釋窟 帝释窟 see styles |
dì shì kū di4 shi4 ku1 ti shih k`u ti shih ku taishaku kutsu |
Indra's cave |
帝釋網 帝释网 see styles |
dì shì wǎng di4 shi4 wang3 ti shih wang Taishaku mō |
Indra's Net |
德祥甁 see styles |
dé xiáng píng de2 xiang2 ping2 te hsiang p`ing te hsiang ping Tokushō byō |
Indra's vase |
忉利天 see styles |
dāo lì tiān dao1 li4 tian1 tao li t`ien tao li tien Tōri Ten |
trāyastriṃśas, 怛唎耶怛唎奢; 多羅夜登陵舍; the heavens of the thirty-three devas, 三十三天, the second of the desire-heavens, the heaven of Indra; it is the Svarga of Hindu mythology, situated on Meru with thirty-two deva-cities, eight on each side; a central city is 善見城 Sudarśana, or Amarāvatī, where Indra, with 1, 000 heads and eyes and four arms, lives in his palace called 禪延; 毘闍延 (or 毘禪延) ? Vaijayanta, and 'revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife' Śacī and with 119, 000 concubines. 'There he receives the monthly reports of the' four Mahārājas as to the good and evil in the world. 'The whole myth may have an astronomical' or meteorological background, e. g. the number thirty-three indicating the 'eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology. ' Eitel. Cf. 因陀羅. |
憍尸迦 see styles |
jiāo shī jiā jiao1 shi1 jia1 chiao shih chia Kyōshika |
Idem. 憍尸 (or 憍支迦) Kauśika, of the family of Kuśika, family name of Indra; one account says Amitābha was of the same family name. |
拘摩羅 拘摩罗 see styles |
jū mó luó ju1 mo2 luo2 chü mo lo kumara |
kumāra; also 矩摩羅 (or 鳩摩羅); a child, youth, prince, tr. by 童子 a youth, 拘摩羅天; 鳩摩羅伽天 Kumārakadeva, Indra of the first dhyāna heaven whose face is like that of a youth, sitting on a peacock, holding a cock, a bell, and a flag. |
持金剛 持金刚 see styles |
chí jīn gāng chi2 jin1 gang1 ch`ih chin kang chih chin kang ji kongō |
執全剛 Vajradhara' or Vajrapāṇi, a Bodhisattva who holds a vajra or thunderbolt, of these there are several; a name for Indra. |
摩竭陀 see styles |
mó jié tuó mo2 jie2 tuo2 mo chieh t`o mo chieh to Magada |
Magadha, also 摩竭提; 摩揭陀; 摩伽陀; 摩訶陀 'A kingdom in Central India, the headquarters of ancient Buddhism up to A.D. 400; the holy land of all Buddhists, covered with vihāras and therefore called Bahar, the southern portion of which corresponds to ancient Magadha.' Eitel. A ṛṣi after whom the country of Southern Behar is said to be called. Name of a previous incarnation of Indra; and of the asterism Maghā 摩伽. |
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. |
日天衆 日天众 see styles |
rì tiān zhòng ri4 tian1 zhong4 jih t`ien chung jih tien chung nitten shu |
The retinue of Indra in his palace of the sun. |
曼陀羅 曼陀罗 see styles |
màn tuó luó man4 tuo2 luo2 man t`o lo man to lo mandara まんだら |
(botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra"); mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala") mandala; Buddhist visual schema of the enlightened mind; (f,p) Mandara or 曼阤羅; 漫陀羅 mandāra(va), the coral-tree; the erythrina indica, or this tree regarded as one of the five trees of Paradise, i.e, Indra's heaven; a white variety of Calotropis gigantea. Name of a noted monk, and of one called Mandra. |
梵網經 梵网经 see styles |
fàn wǎng jīng fan4 wang3 jing1 fan wang ching Bonmō kyō |
Brahmajāla Sutra, tr. by Kumārajīva A.D. 406, the infinitude of worlds being as the eyes or holes in Indra's net, which is all-embracing, like the Buddha's teaching. There are many treatises on it. |
歡喜苑 欢喜苑 see styles |
huān xǐ yuàn huan1 xi3 yuan4 huan hsi yüan kangi on |
歡樂園; 喜林苑 Nandana-vana. Garden of joy; one of the four gardens of Indra's paradise, north of his central city. |
毘伽羅 毘伽罗 see styles |
pí qié luó pi2 qie2 luo2 p`i ch`ieh lo pi chieh lo bigara |
vyākaraṇa, grammatical analysis, grammar; 'formal prophecy,' Keith; tr. 聲明記論 which may be intp. as a record and discussion to make clear the sounds; in other words, a grammar, or sūtras to reveal right forms of speech; said to have been first given by Brahmā in a million stanzas, abridged by Indra to 100,000, by Pāṇini to 8,000, and later reduced by him to 300. Also 毘耶羯剌諵; 毘何羯唎拏; in the form of 和伽羅 Vyākaraṇas q. v. it is prediction. |
波羅赴 波罗赴 see styles |
bō luó fù bo1 luo2 fu4 po lo fu Harafu |
Prabhu, 鉢唎部 surpassing, powerful; a title of Viṣṇu 'as personification of the sun', of Brahmā, Śiva, Indra, etc. prabhū, come into being, originate, original. |
爍羯囉 烁羯囉 see styles |
shuò jié luó shuo4 jie2 luo2 shuo chieh lo shakara |
Śakra, cf. 賒; 釋 name of Indra. |
縛日羅 缚日罗 see styles |
fú rì luó fu2 ri4 luo2 fu jih lo bajira |
vajra, 嚩日囉 (or 嚩馹囉); 跋日囉 (or 跋折囉, or 跋闍囉); 跋折囉; 波闍羅; 伐折羅 (or 伐闍羅); intp. as 金剛 (金剛杵), a diamond (club). Adamantine, hard. The sceptre of Indra as god of thunder and lightning with which he slays the enemies of Buddhism. Used by monks to indicate spiritual authority, and the all-subduing power of Buddha. |
釋天帝 释天帝 see styles |
shì tiān dì shi4 tian1 di4 shih t`ien ti shih tien ti Shaku tentai |
Śakra Devānām-indra |
釋迦婆 释迦婆 see styles |
shì jiā pó shi4 jia1 po2 shih chia p`o shih chia po Shakkaba |
Indra |
麤惡苑 麤恶苑 see styles |
cū è yuàn cu1 e4 yuan4 ts`u o yüan tsu o yüan |
(麁惡苑) The rough and evil park, one of Indra's four parks, that of armaments and war. |
イントラ see styles |
intora イントラ |
(abbreviation) {comp} (See イントラネット) Intranet; (personal name) Indra |
五結樂子 五结乐子 see styles |
wǔ jié lè zǐ wu3 jie2 le4 zi3 wu chieh le tzu Goketsu Rakushi |
One of Indra's musicians who praised Buddha on a crystal lute; v. 中阿含經 33. |
伊羅婆那 伊罗婆那 see styles |
yī luó pó nà yi1 luo2 po2 na4 i lo p`o na i lo po na irabana |
Airāvaṇa; 伊羅婆拏; 伊羅鉢那 (or 伊那鉢那); 伊蘭; 堙羅 (堙羅那) q. v.; ?羅婆那 (or ?那婆那); 黳羅葉 (or 毉羅葉), etc. Airāvaṇa, come from the water; Indra's elephant; a tree, the elāpattra; name of a park (i. e. Lumbinī, where the Buddha is said to have been born). |
八大靈塔 八大灵塔 see styles |
bā dà líng tǎ ba1 da4 ling2 ta3 pa ta ling t`a pa ta ling ta hachi dai ryōtō |
The eight great "spirit", or sacred stūpas erected at (1) Kapilavastu, Buddha's birthplace; (2) Magadha, where he was first enlightened; (3) the deer-park Benares, where he first preached; (4) Jetavana, where he revealed his supernatural powers; (5) Kanyākubja (Kanauj), where he descended from Indra's heavens; (6) Rājagṛha, where Devadatta was destroyed and the Saṅgha purifed; (7) Vaiśāli, where he announced his speedy nirvana; (8) Kuśinagara, where he entered nirvāṇa. There is another slightly variant list. |
八福生處 八福生处 see styles |
bā fú shēng chù ba1 fu2 sheng1 chu4 pa fu sheng ch`u pa fu sheng chu hachifuku shōsho |
The eight happy conditions in which he may be reborn who keeps the five commands and the ten good ways and bestows alms: (1) rich and honourable among men; (2) in the heavens of the four deva kings; (3) the Indra heavens; (4) Suyāma heavens; (5) Tuṣita heaven; (6) 化樂nirmāṇarati heaven, i.e. the fifth devaloka; (7) 他化 Paranirmita-vaśavartin, i.e. the sixth devaloka heaven; (8) the brahma-heavens. 八福田 The eight fields for cultivating blessedness: Buddhas; arhats (or saints); preaching monks (upādhyāya); teachers (ācārya); friars; father; mother; the sick. Buddhas, arhats, and friars (or monks in general) are termed 敬田 reverence-fields; the sick are 悲田 compassion-fields; the rest are 恩田grace- or gratitude- fields. Another group is: to make roads and wells; canals and bridges; repair dangerous roads; be dutiful to parents; support monks; tend the sick; save from disaster or distress; provide for a quinquennial assembly. Another: serving the Three Precious Ones, i.e. the Buddha; the Law; the Order; parents; the monks as teachers; the poor; the sick; animals. |
十二火天 see styles |
shí èr huǒ tiān shi2 er4 huo3 tian1 shih erh huo t`ien shih erh huo tien jūnikaten |
The homa-, or fire-spirits; Whose representations, colours, magic words, signs, symbols, and mode of worship are given in the 大日經疏20. Also 十二火尊; 十二種火法. The twelve fire-spirits are: (1) Indra or Vairocana, the discoverer or source of fire, symbolizing 智 knowledge; (2) the moon 行滿 which progresses to fullness, with mercy as root and enlightenment as fruit, i,e. Buddha; (3) the wind, represented as a half-moon, fanner of fame, of zeal, and by driving away dark clouds, of enlightenment; (4) the red rays of the rising sun, rohitaka, his swords (or rays) indicating 議 wisdom; (5) 沒M004101拏 a form half stern, half smiling, sternly driving away the passions and trials; (6) 忿怒 irate, bellowing with open mouth, showing four teeth, flowing locks, one eye closed; (7) 闍吒羅 fire burning within, i.e. the inner witness, or realization; (8) 迄灑耶 the waster, or destroyer of waste and injurious products within, i.e. inner purification; (9) 意生 the producer at will, capable of all variety, resembling Viśvakarman, the Brahmanic Vulcan; (10) 羯羅微 the fire-eater; (11) untraceable; (12) 謨賀那 the completer, also the subduer of demons. |
四王忉利 see styles |
sì wáng dāo lì si4 wang2 dao1 li4 ssu wang tao li shiō tōri |
The 四王天 and trāyastriṃśas, Indra's heaven. |
因陀羅網 因陀罗网 see styles |
yīn tuó luó wǎng yin1 tuo2 luo2 wang3 yin t`o lo wang yin to lo wang Indara mō |
Indra's Net |
執金剛神 执金刚神 see styles |
zhí jīn gāng shén zhi2 jin1 gang1 shen2 chih chin kang shen shukongoujin; shuukongoujin; shikkongoujin / shukongojin; shukongojin; shikkongojin しゅこんごうじん; しゅうこんごうじん; しっこんごうじん |
{Buddh} (See 金剛杵,仁王) Vajradhara (vajra-wielding gods) vajrapāṇi, vajradhara. Any deva-holder of the vajra. (1) Indra, who in a former incarnation took an oath to defend Buddhism, was reborn as king of the yakṣas, hence he and his yakṣas carry vajras. (2) Mañjuśrī as the spiritual reflex of the Dhyāni Buddha Akṣobhya. (3) A popular deity, the terror of all enemies of Buddhist believers, specially worshipped in exorcisms and sorcery by the Yoga school. |
大印達羅 大印达罗 see styles |
dà yìn dá luó da4 yin4 da2 luo2 ta yin ta lo dai indara |
mahendra; ten times the amount of an indra 印達羅. |
天神地祇 天神地只 see styles |
tiān shén dì qí tian1 shen2 di4 qi2 t`ien shen ti ch`i tien shen ti chi tenjin jigi てんじんちぎ |
(yoji) gods of heaven and earth The spirits 天神 are Indra and his retinue; devas in general; the 地祇 are the earth spirits, nāgas, demons, ghosts, etc. |
天部善神 see styles |
tiān bù shàn shén tian1 bu4 shan4 shen2 t`ien pu shan shen tien pu shan shen tenbu zenjin |
Brahma, Indra, the four devaloka-rājas, and the other spirit guardians of Buddhism. |
婆利質羅 婆利质罗 see styles |
pó lì zhí luó po2 li4 zhi2 luo2 p`o li chih lo po li chih lo Barishira |
(婆利質多羅) ? Pārijāta, v. 波, a tree in Indra's heaven. |
富蘭陀羅 富兰陀罗 see styles |
fù lán tuó luó fu4 lan2 tuo2 luo2 fu lan t`o lo fu lan to lo Furandara |
Purandara; stronghold-breaker, fortress-destroyer, a name for Indra as thunder-god. |
帝釋梵王 帝释梵王 see styles |
dì shì fàn wáng di4 shi4 fan4 wang2 ti shih fan wang Taishaku Bonnō |
Śakra-devanam Indra |
摩訶尼羅 摩诃尼罗 see styles |
mó hē ní luó mo2 he1 ni2 luo2 mo ho ni lo makanira |
(or 摩訶泥羅) mahānīla, dark-blue, a sapphire; described as the large blue pearl of Indra, perhaps the Indranīla. |
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