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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. |
まはる see styles |
maharu マハル |
(personal name) Machar |
マハラジャ see styles |
maharaja マハラジャ |
More info & calligraphy: Maharaja |
万春 see styles |
maharu まはる |
(female given name) Maharu |
世主 see styles |
shì zhǔ shi4 zhu3 shih chu seshu |
(世主天) The Lord of the world, Brahmā; Maheśvara; also the four mahārājas 四天王; v. 梵天; 大自在天. |
六齋 六斋 see styles |
liù zhāi liu4 zhai1 liu chai rokusai |
The six monthly poṣadha, or fast days: the 8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 30th. They are the days on which the Four Mahārājas 四天王 take note of human conduct and when evil demons are busy, so that great care is required and consequently nothing should be eaten after noon, hence the 'fast', v. 梵王經 30th command. The 智度論 13 describes them as 惡日 evil or dangerous days, and says they arose from an ancient custom of cutting of the flesh and casting it into the fire. |
勝軍 胜军 see styles |
shèng jun sheng4 jun1 sheng chün katsutoki かつとき |
(given name) Katsutoki Prasenajit, conquering army, or conqueror of an army; king of Kośala and patron of Śākyamuni; also one of the Maharājas, v. 明王. |
四王 see styles |
sì wáng si4 wang2 ssu wang shiou / shio しおう |
(place-name) Shiou (四王天) catur-mahārāja-kāyikās, the four heavens of the four deva-kings, i. e. the lowest of the six heavens of desire; v. 四天王. |
墹原 see styles |
mamahara ままはら |
(place-name) Mamahara |
大王 see styles |
dài wang dai4 wang5 tai wang daiou / daio だいおう |
robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate (honorific or respectful language) great king; (place-name, surname) Daiou mahārāja 摩賀羅惹. Applied to the four guardians of the universe, 四大天王. |
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. |
天原 see styles |
amahara あまはら |
(surname) Amahara |
天尊 see styles |
tiān zūn tian1 zun1 t`ien tsun tien tsun tenson てんそん |
(honorific appellation of a deity) (given name) Tenson The most honoured among devas, a title of a Buddha, i. e. the highest of divine beings; also used for certain maharāja protectors of Buddhism and others in the sense of honoured devas. Title applied by the Daoists to their divinities as a counterpart to the Buddhist 世尊. |
天王 see styles |
tiān wáng tian1 wang2 t`ien wang tien wang tennou / tenno てんのう |
emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] (1) {Buddh} heavenly king; (2) (See 牛頭天王) Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva); (place-name, surname) Tennou Maharāja-devas; 四天王 Caturmahārāja. The four deva kings in the first or lowest devaloka, on its four sides. E. 持國天王 Dhṛtarāṣṭra. S. 增長天王 Virūḍhaka. W. 廣目天王 Virūpākṣa. N. 多聞天王 Dhanada, or Vaiśravaṇa. The four are said to have appeared to 不空 Amogha in a temple in Xianfu, some time between 742-6, and in consequence he introduced their worship to China as guardians of the monasteries, where their images are seen in the hall at the entrance, which is sometimes called the 天王堂 hall of the deva-kings. 天王 is also a designation of Siva the 大白在, i. e. Maheśvara 摩醯首羅, the great sovereign ruler. |
如意 see styles |
rú yì ru2 yi4 ju i neoi ねおい |
as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune (1) (See 不如意・ふにょい・1) going according to one's wishes; (2) {Buddh} ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter); (place-name, surname) Neoi At will; according to desire; a ceremonial emblem, originally a short sword; tr. of Manoratha 末笯曷刺他 successor of Vasubandhu as 22nd patriarch and of Mahāṛddhiprāpta, a king of garuḍas. |
山張 see styles |
yamahari やまはり |
(surname) Yamahari |
山春 see styles |
yamaharu やまはる |
(surname) Yamaharu |
嶌原 see styles |
shimahara しまはら |
(surname) Shimahara |
忿怒 see styles |
fèn nù fen4 nu4 fen nu funnu ふんぬ |
variant of 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4] (n,adj-no,vs) anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation Anger, angry, fierce, over-awing: a term for the 忿王 or 忿怒王 (忿怒明王) the fierce mahārājas as opponents of evil and guardians of Buddhism; one of the two bodhisattva forms, resisting evil, in contrast with the other form, manifesting goodness. There are three forms of this fierceness in the Garbhadhātu group and five in the Diamond group. |
杣原 see styles |
somahara そまはら |
(surname) Somahara |
欲界 see styles |
yù jiè yu4 jie4 yü chieh yokukai; yokkai よくかい; よっかい |
{Buddh} (See 三界・1) desire realm kāmadhātu. The realm, or realms, of in purgatory, hungry spirits, animals, asuras, men, and the six heavens of desire. so called because the beings in these states are dominated by desire. The kāmadhātu realms are given as: 地居 Bhauma. 虛曇天 Antarikṣa. 四天王天 Caturmaharājakayika [i.e. the realms of 持國天 Dhṛtarāṣtra, east; 增長天 Virūḍhaka, south; 廣目天 Virūpakṣa, west; 多聞天 Vai śramaṇa (Dhanada), north]. 忉利天 Trayastriṃśa. 兜率天 Tuṣita. 化樂天 Nirmāṇarati. 他化自在天 Paranirmitavaśavarin. |
沼原 see styles |
numahara ぬまはら |
(surname) Numahara |
法食 see styles |
fǎ shí fa3 shi2 fa shih hōjiki |
dharmāhāra. Diet in harmony with the rules of Buddhism; truth as food. 法食時 The regulation time for meals, at or before noon, and not after. |
浜原 see styles |
hamahara はまはら |
(place-name, surname) Hamahara |
浦那 see styles |
pǔ nà pu3 na4 p`u na pu na |
Pune, second city of Mahārāshtra 馬哈拉施特拉邦|马哈拉施特拉邦 in western India |
濱原 see styles |
hamahara はまはら |
(surname) Hamahara |
熊張 see styles |
kumahari くまはり |
(place-name) Kumahari |
熊春 see styles |
kumaharu くまはる |
(personal name) Kumaharu |
玉原 see styles |
tamahara たまはら |
(place-name, surname) Tamahara |
玉春 see styles |
tamaharu たまはる |
(surname) Tamaharu |
眞原 see styles |
mahara まはら |
(surname) Mahara |
真青 see styles |
maharu まはる |
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) (See 真っ青・1) deep blue; ghastly pale; (female given name) Maharu |
笘原 see styles |
tomahara とまはら |
(surname) Tomahara |
笘張 see styles |
tomahari とまはり |
(place-name) Tomahari |
舞晴 see styles |
maharu まはる |
(female given name) Maharu |
苫原 see styles |
tomahara とまはら |
(surname) Tomahara |
藩王 see styles |
hanou / hano はんおう |
(hist) maharaja; maharajah; nawab |
醜目 丑目 see styles |
chǒu mù chou3 mu4 ch`ou mu chou mu Shūmoku |
醜眼 Virūpākṣa; ugly-eyed, i.e. Śiva with his three eyes; also the name of the mahārāja-protector of the West, v. 毘. |
釜原 see styles |
kamahara かまはら |
(surname) Kamahara |
間原 see styles |
mahara まはら |
(surname) Mahara |
隅春 see styles |
kumaharu くまはる |
(personal name) Kumaharu |
隈原 see styles |
kumahara くまはら |
(surname) Kumahara |
隈春 see styles |
kumaharu くまはる |
(personal name) Kumaharu |
隈晴 see styles |
kumaharu くまはる |
(given name) Kumaharu |
駒原 see styles |
komahara こまはら |
(surname) Komahara |
麻原 see styles |
mahara まはら |
(place-name) Mahara |
麻葉 see styles |
maharu まはる |
(female given name) Maharu |
マハリ see styles |
mahari マハリ |
(place-name) Mahaly |
マハレ see styles |
mahare マハレ |
(place-name) Mahale |
まはろ see styles |
maharo まはろ |
(interjection) mahalo (haw:); thank you; (female given name) Maharo |
一百八 see styles |
yī bǎi bā yi1 bai3 ba1 i pai pa ippyaku hachi |
百八 aṣṭaśatam. The 108 kleśa, distresses, disturbing passions, or illusions 煩惱 of mankind, hence the 108 beads on a rosary, repetitions of the Buddha's name, strokes of a bell, etc., one for each distress. Also, one of the Mahārājas, with 108 hands, each holding a different implement. |
万玻璃 see styles |
mahari まはり |
(female given name) Mahari |
中山原 see styles |
nakayamahara なかやまはら |
(personal name) Nakayamahara |
久間原 see styles |
kumahara くまはら |
(surname) Kumahara |
人相印 see styles |
rén xiāng yìn ren2 xiang1 yin4 jen hsiang yin |
Sealed with the sign of manhood, i.e. of the religious life. 大仙 Maharsi. Great sages, applied to Buddhist saints as superior to ordinary "immortals"; also to sravakas, and especially to Buddha; | | 戒 are the Buddha's laws or commands. Vasistha 婆私瑟侘 was one of the seven rsis 大仙 of Brahmanic mythology. |
今針山 see styles |
imahariyama いまはりやま |
(surname) Imahariyama |
南浜原 see styles |
minamihamahara みなみはまはら |
(place-name) Minamihamahara |
吾妻原 see styles |
azumahara あづまはら |
(place-name) Azumahara |
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. |
四金剛 see styles |
sì jīn gāng si4 jin1 gang1 ssu chin kang |
The four mahārājas, v. 四天王. |
增長天 增长天 see styles |
zēng zhǎng tiān zeng1 zhang3 tian1 tseng chang t`ien tseng chang tien Zōjōten |
Virudhaka (one of the Heavenly Kings) Virūḍhaka, the Mahārāja of the southern quarter. |
大山原 see styles |
ooyamahara おおやまはら |
(place-name) Ooyamahara |
大沼原 see styles |
oonumahara おおぬまはら |
(place-name) Oonumahara |
大號呌 大号呌 see styles |
dà hào jiào da4 hao4 jiao4 ta hao chiao dai gōkyō |
Mahāraurava 大呌; 大呼 The hell of great wailing, the fifth of the eight hot hells. |
大間原 see styles |
oomahara おおまはら |
(place-name) Oomahara |
威怒王 see styles |
wēi nù wáng wei1 nu4 wang2 wei nu wang inuō |
The wrathful maharāja. guardians of Buddhism. |
小島原 see styles |
kojimahara こじまはら |
(surname) Kojimahara |
廣目天 广目天 see styles |
guǎng mù tiān guang3 mu4 tian1 kuang mu t`ien kuang mu tien Kōmokuten |
Virupaksa (on of the Four Heavenly Kings) The wide-eyed deva, Virūpākṣa, diversely-eyed, having deformed eyes, an epithet of Śiva, as represented with three eyes; name of one of the four Mahārājas, he who guards the west. |
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. |
愛羽楼 see styles |
maharo まはろ |
(female given name) Maharo |
持國天 持国天 see styles |
chí guó tiān chi2 guo2 tian1 ch`ih kuo t`ien chih kuo tien Jikoku ten |
Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings) (or 治國天) Dhṛtarāṣṭra, one of the four deva-guardians or maharājas, controlling the east, of white colour. |
月黶尊 月黡尊 see styles |
yuè yǎn zūn yue4 yan3 zun1 yüeh yen tsun Gatten son |
One of the names of a 明王 Ming Wang, i. e. 'moon-black' or 'moon-spots', 降三世明王 the maharāja who subdues all resisters, past, present, and future, represented with black face, three eyes, four protruding teeth, and fierce laugh. |
杉山春 see styles |
sugiyamaharu すぎやまはる |
(person) Sugiyama Haru |
毘沙門 毘沙门 see styles |
pí shā mén pi2 sha1 men2 p`i sha men pi sha men bishamon びしゃもん |
(place-name) Bishamon (毘沙門天王) Vaiśravaṇa. Cf. 財 and 倶. One of the four mahārājas, guardian of the North, king of the yakṣas. Has the title 多聞; 普聞; universal or much hearing or learning, said to be so called because he heard the Buddha's preaching; but Vaiśravaṇa was son of Viśravas, which is from viśru, to be heard of far and wide, celebrated, and should be understood in this sense. Vaiśravaṇa is Kuvera, or Kubera, the Indian Pluto; originally a chief of evil spirits, afterwards the god of riches, and ruler of the northern quarter. Xuanzong built a temple to him in A. D. 753, since which he has been the god of wealth in China, and guardian at the entrance of Buddhist temples. In his right hand he often holds a banner or a lance, in his left a pearl or shrine, or a mongoose out of whose mouth jewels are pouring; under his feet are two demons. Colour, yellow. |
毘璢璃 毗璢璃 see styles |
pí liú lí pi2 liu2 li2 p`i liu li pi liu li Biruri |
Virūḍhaka. Known as Crystal king, and as 惡生王 Ill-born king. (1) A king of Kośala (son of Prasenajit), destroyer of Kapilavastu. (2) Ikṣvāku, father of the four founders of Kapilavastu. (3) One of the four mahārājas, guardian of the south, king of kumbhāṇḍas, worshipped in China as one of the twenty-four deva āryas; colour blue. Also, 毘璢王; 流離王; 婁勒王 (毘婁勒王); 樓黎王 (維樓黎王); 毘盧釋迦王 (or 毘盧宅迦王); 鼻溜茶迦, etc. |
治國天 治国天 see styles |
zhì guó tiān zhi4 guo2 tian1 chih kuo t`ien chih kuo tien Jikoku ten |
(or 持國天) One of the four devas or maharājas, guarding the eastern quarter. |
沼春雄 see styles |
numaharuo ぬまはるお |
(person) Numa Haruo |
浜原駅 see styles |
hamaharaeki はまはらえき |
(st) Hamahara Station |
熊原川 see styles |
kumaharagawa くまはらがわ |
(personal name) Kumaharagawa |
玉原湖 see styles |
tamaharako たまはらこ |
(place-name) Tamaharako |
玉原越 see styles |
tamaharagoe たまはらごえ |
(place-name) Tamaharagoe |
生春巻 see styles |
namaharumaki なまはるまき |
(food term) fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll |
真玻璃 see styles |
mahari まはり |
(female given name) Mahari |
笹山原 see styles |
sasayamahara ささやまはら |
(personal name) Sasayamahara |
舘山原 see styles |
tateyamahara たてやまはら |
(place-name) Tateyamahara |
茉玻璃 see styles |
mahari まはり |
(female given name) Mahari |
菅山原 see styles |
sugeyamahara すげやまはら |
(place-name) Sugeyamahara |
蒲原山 see styles |
gamaharayama がまはらやま |
(place-name) Gamaharayama |
蒲生原 see styles |
gamahara がまはら |
(surname) Gamahara |
長沼原 see styles |
naganumahara ながぬまはら |
(place-name) Naganumahara |
雨晴駅 see styles |
amaharashieki あまはらしえき |
(st) Amaharashi Station |
韋將軍 韦将军 see styles |
wéi jiàng jun wei2 jiang4 jun1 wei chiang chün |
(韋天將軍) One of the generals under the southern mahārāja guardian in a temple. |
飛沼原 see styles |
tonumahara とぬまはら |
(place-name) Tonumahara |
麻玻璃 see styles |
mahari まはり |
(female given name) Mahari |
マハリカ see styles |
maharika マハリカ |
(personal name) Machalica |
マハリシ see styles |
maharishi マハリシ |
(personal name) Maharshi |
マハリス see styles |
maharisu マハリス |
(personal name) Maharis |
マハリン see styles |
maharin マハリン |
(personal name) Mahurin |
マラータ see styles |
maraada / marada マラーダ |
Maratha; Mahratta; member of the Hindu people of Maharashtra (esp. a member of the royal or military caste); (place-name) Marada; Maradah (Libya) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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