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There are 18 total results for your Sandan search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

三段

see styles
sān duàn
    san1 duan4
san tuan
 sandan
    さんだん

More info & calligraphy:

San-Dan
third stage; three stages; (surname) Sandan
three levels

三斷


三断

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sān duàn
    san1 duan4
san tuan
 sandan
The three cuttings off or excisions (of 惑 beguiling delusions, or perplexities). (1) (a) 見所斷 to cut off delusions of view, of which Hīnayāna has eighty-eight kinds; (b) 修所斷in practice, eighty-one kinds; (c) 非所斷nothing left to cut off, perfect. v. 倶舍論 2. (2) (a) 自性斷 to cut off the nature or root (of delusion); (b) 緣縛斷 to cut off the external bonds, or objective causes (of delusions); (c) 不生斷 (delusion) no longer arising, therefore nothing produced to cut off. The third stage in both groups is that of an arhat.

三檀

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sān tán
    san1 tan2
san t`an
    san tan
 sandan
The three kinds of dāna, i. e. charity; giving of goods, of the dharma, of abhaya, or fearlessness. Idem 三施.

山段

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 sandan
    さんだん
(surname) Sandan

散弾

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 sandan
    さんだん
shot; buckshot

算段

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 sandan
    さんだん
(noun, transitive verb) (1) trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); (noun, transitive verb) (2) contriving (to raise money); managing

讃歎

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 sandan
    さんだん
    santan
    さんたん
(noun/participle) (1) (Buddhist term) praising Buddha; sermon; (2) (Buddhist term) praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness); (3) (Buddhist term) style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc.; (4) (archaism) rumor; rumour; hearsay; (n,vs,adj-no) praise; extolment; extollment

讃談

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 sandan
    さんだん
(noun/participle) (1) (Buddhist term) praising Buddha; sermon; (2) (Buddhist term) praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness); (3) (Buddhist term) style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc.; (4) (archaism) rumor; rumour; hearsay

讚嘆


赞叹

see styles
zàn tàn
    zan4 tan4
tsan t`an
    tsan tan
 sandan
to exclaim in admiration
讚歎 To praise (Buddha).

讚談

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 sandan
    さんだん
(noun/participle) (1) (Buddhist term) praising Buddha; sermon; (2) (Buddhist term) praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness); (3) (Buddhist term) style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc.; (4) (archaism) rumor; rumour; hearsay

霰弾

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 sandan
    さんだん
shot; buckshot

讚嘆煞


讚叹煞

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zàn tàn shà
    zan4 tan4 sha4
tsan t`an sha
    tsan tan sha
 sandan setsu
killing because of being praised for it

一代三段

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yī dài sān duàn
    yi1 dai4 san1 duan4
i tai san tuan
 ichidai sandan
The three sections, divisions, or periods of Buddha's teaching in his life- time, known as 序分, i.e. the 華嚴, 阿含, 方等, and 般若 sūtras; 正宗分, i.e. 無量義, 法華, and 普賢觀 sūtras; and 流通分, i.e. the 湼槃經; they are known as introductory, main discourse, and final application. There are other definitions.

三段の滝

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 sandannotaki
    さんだんのたき
(place-name) Sandan Falls

三段池公園

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 sandanikekouen / sandanikekoen
    さんだんいけこうえん
(place-name) Sandan'ike Park

Variations:
散弾
霰弾

see styles
 sandan
    さんだん
shot; buckshot

Variations:
散弾
霰弾(rK)

see styles
 sandan
    さんだん
shot; buckshot

Variations:
讃談
讃歎
讚談
讚歎

see styles
 sandan
    さんだん
(noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} praising Buddha; sermon; (noun/participle) (2) {Buddh} (See 五念門) praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness); (noun/participle) (3) {Buddh} style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc.; (noun/participle) (4) (archaism) rumor; rumour; hearsay

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 18 results for "Sandan" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

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