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Simple Dictionary Definition |
乾 干 see styles |
gān gan1 kan ken けん |
More info & calligraphy: Qianqian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest); (surname) Nukui Dry, dried up, clean; heaven, male, masculine, enduring, continual. Translit. gan and h. |
堪 see styles |
kān kan1 k`an kan tan たん |
More info & calligraphy: Kane(personal name) Tan To bear, sustain, be adequate to. |
天 see styles |
tiān tian1 t`ien tien ten てん |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven(1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright. |
四大 see styles |
sì dà si4 da4 ssu ta shidai しだい |
More info & calligraphy: Shidai / Sida / Mahabhuta(1) {Buddh} the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); (2) the human body; (3) Tao, heaven, earth and king mahābhūta, 四界; 四大界. The four elements of which all things are made; or the four realms; i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind (or air); they represent 堅, 濕, 煖, and 動 solid, liquid, heat, and motion; motion produces and maintains life. As 實 active or formative forces they are styled 四界 (四大界) ; as 假 passive or material objects they are 四大; but the 成實論 Satyasiddhi śāstra disputes the 實 and recognizes only the 假. |
天国 see styles |
tengoku(p); tenkoku(ok) てんごく(P); てんこく(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Kingdom of Heaven |
天國 天国 see styles |
tiān guó tian1 guo2 t`ien kuo tien kuo amakuni あまくに |
More info & calligraphy: Kingdom of Heaven(surname) Amakuni |
天地 see styles |
tiān dì tian1 di4 t`ien ti tien ti tenchi(p); ametsuchi てんち(P); あめつち |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven and Earth(1) heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature; (2) (てんち only) land; world; realm; sphere; (3) (てんち only) top and bottom; (4) (あめつち only) gods of heaven and earth; (surname) Amachi heaven and earth |
天恩 see styles |
tenon てんおん |
More info & calligraphy: Grace from Heaven / Grace from God |
天恵 see styles |
tenkei / tenke てんけい |
More info & calligraphy: Blessed by Heaven |
天意 see styles |
tiān yì tian1 yi4 t`ien i tien i teni てんい |
More info & calligraphy: Destiny Determined by Heavendivine will; providence |
天来 see styles |
tenrai てんらい |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven Sent |
布施 see styles |
bù shī bu4 shi1 pu shih fuse ふせ |
More info & calligraphy: Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} alms-giving; charity; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); (surname) Fuho dāna 檀那; the sixth pāramitā, almsgiving, i. e. of goods, or the doctrine, with resultant benefits now and also hereafter in the forms of reincarnation, as neglect or refusal will produce the opposite consequences. The 二種布施 two kinds of dāna are the pure, or unsullied charity, which looks for no reward here but only hereafter; and the sullied almsgiving whose object is personal benefit. The three kinds of dāna are goods, the doctrine, and courage, or fearlessness. The four kinds are pens to write the sutras, ink, the sutras themselves, and preaching. The five kinds are giving to those who have come from a distance, those who are going to a distance, the sick, the hungry, those wise in the doctrine. The seven kinds are giving to visitors, travellers, the sick, their nurses, monasteries, endowments for the sustenance of monks or nuns, and clothing and food according to season. The eight kinds are giving to those who come for aid, giving for fear (of evil), return for kindness received, anticipating gifts in return, continuing the parental example of giving, giving in hope of rebirth in a particular heaven, in hope of an honoured name, for the adornment of the heart and life. 倶舍論 18. |
神明 see styles |
shén míng shen2 ming2 shen ming shinmei / shinme しんめい |
More info & calligraphy: Deities / Gods(1) deity; god; (2) (See 天照大神) Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity); (surname) Jinmei The spirits of heaven and earth, the gods; also the intelligent or spiritual nature. |
蒼穹 苍穹 see styles |
cāng qióng cang1 qiong2 ts`ang ch`iung tsang chiung soukyuu / sokyu そうきゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Blue Sky(form) (See 青空) blue sky; (given name) Soukyū |
虛空 虚空 see styles |
xū kōng xu1 kong1 hsü k`ung hsü kung kokū |
More info & calligraphy: Nothingness / Empty / Voidśūnya; empty, void, space; ākāśa, in the sense of space, or the ether; gagana, the sky, atmosphere, heaven; kha, space, sky, ether, 虛 is defined as that which is without shape or substantiality, 空 as that which has no resistance. The immaterial universe behind all phenomena. |
降福 see styles |
jiàng fú jiang4 fu2 chiang fu |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven Blessing |
天人合一 see styles |
tiān rén hé yī tian1 ren2 he2 yi1 t`ien jen ho i tien jen ho i tenjingouitsu / tenjingoitsu てんじんごういつ |
More info & calligraphy: Oneness of Heaven and Humanityunification of God and man; acting in accordance with the will of heaven |
天道酬勤 see styles |
tiān dào chóu qín tian1 dao4 chou2 qin2 t`ien tao ch`ou ch`in tien tao chou chin |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven Blesses the Diligent |
釋迦牟尼 释迦牟尼 see styles |
shì jiā móu ní shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 shih chia mou ni Shakamuni |
More info & calligraphy: Shakyamuni / The Buddha釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉. |
天無絕人之路 天无绝人之路 see styles |
tiān wú jué rén zhī lù tian1 wu2 jue2 ren2 zhi1 lu4 t`ien wu chüeh jen chih lu tien wu chüeh jen chih lu |
More info & calligraphy: There is always a way out |
神のみぞ知る see styles |
kaminomizoshiru かみのみぞしる |
More info & calligraphy: Only God Can Judge Me |
皇天不負苦心人 皇天不负苦心人 see styles |
huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rén huang2 tian1 bu4 fu4 ku3 xin1 ren2 huang t`ien pu fu k`u hsin jen huang tien pu fu ku hsin jen |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven Rewards Hard Work |
上天 see styles |
shàng tiān shang4 tian1 shang t`ien shang tien jouten / joten じょうてん |
Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) (1) (See 下土) sky; the heavens; (2) God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being; (3) ascension (into heaven); (surname) Jōten to ascend to heaven |
九天 see styles |
jiǔ tiān jiu3 tian1 chiu t`ien chiu tien kyuuten / kyuten きゅうてん |
the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens sky; heavens; palace nine heavens |
乾坤 see styles |
qián kūn qian2 kun1 ch`ien k`un chien kun kenkon けんこん |
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe heaven and earth; universe |
天人 see styles |
tiān rén tian1 ren2 t`ien jen tien jen tennin; amehito(ok); amabito(ok) てんにん; あめひと(ok); あまびと(ok) |
Man and Heaven; celestial being heavenly being; celestial being; celestial nymph; celestial maiden; (personal name) Tenjin devas and men; also a name for devas. |
天后 see styles |
tiān hòu tian1 hou4 t`ien hou tien hou tenkou / tenko てんこう |
Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3]; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) queen of heaven Queen of Heaven, v. 摩利支. |
天命 see styles |
tiān mìng tian1 ming4 t`ien ming tien ming tenmei / tenme てんめい |
Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span (1) God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny; (2) one's life; one's lifespan; (surname, given name) Tenmei |
天問 天问 see styles |
tiān wèn tian1 wen4 t`ien wen tien wen tenmon てんもん |
Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2]; Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem (1) (ev) Tianwen (Chinese interplanetary mission); (2) (work) Heavenly Questions (classical Chinese poem); (ev) Tianwen (Chinese interplanetary mission); (wk) Heavenly Questions (classical Chinese poem) |
天堂 see styles |
tiān táng tian1 tang2 t`ien t`ang tien tang tendou / tendo てんどう |
paradise; heaven heaven; paradise; (surname) Tendou The mansions of the devas, located between the earth and the Brahmalokas; the heavenly halls; heaven. The Ganges is spoken of as 天堂來者 coming from the heavenly mansions. |
天子 see styles |
tiān zǐ tian1 zi3 t`ien tzu tien tzu tenshi てんし |
the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) (1) emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); (2) heavenly being; celestial being; (female given name) Yoshiko A son of Heaven. The Emperor-Princes, i. e. those who in previous incarnations have kept the middle and lower grades of the ten good qualities 十善 and, in consequence, are born here as princes. It is the title of one of the four mara, who is 天主 or lord of the sixth heaven of desire; he is also known as 天子魔 (天子業魔) and with his following opposes the Buddha-truth. |
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. |
天柱 see styles |
tiān zhù tian1 zhu4 t`ien chu tien chu tenchuu / tenchu てんちゅう |
pillars supporting heaven pillars supporting heaven |
天理 see styles |
tiān lǐ tian1 li3 t`ien li tien li tenri てんり |
Heaven's law; the natural order of things natural laws; rule of heaven; (p,s,f) Tenri |
天界 see styles |
tiān jiè tian1 jie4 t`ien chieh tien chieh tenkai; tengai てんかい; てんがい |
heaven (1) (てんかい only) the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; (2) {Buddh} (See 天道・5) heavenly realm; deva realm idem天道. |
天誅 天诛 see styles |
tiān zhū tian1 zhu1 t`ien chu tien chu tenchuu / tenchu てんちゅう |
heavenly punishment; king's punishment (1) heaven's punishment; divine punishment; (2) well-deserved punishment; just punishment |
天賜 天赐 see styles |
tiān cì tian1 ci4 t`ien tz`u tien tzu tenshi てんし |
bestowed by heaven heavenly gift; imperial gift |
天道 see styles |
tiān dào tian1 dao4 t`ien tao tien tao tendou / tendo てんどう |
natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect) (1) the sun; (2) god of heaven and the earth; (3) laws governing the heavens; (4) (astron) celestial path; celestial motion; (5) (Buddhist term) deva realm (svarga); (1) (Buddhist term) deva realm (svarga); (2) path in the heavens; (surname, given name) Tendō deva-gati, or devasopāna, 天趣. (1) The highest of the six paths 六道, the realm of devas, i. e. the eighteen heavens of form and four of formlessness. A place of enjoyment, where the meritorious enjoy the fruits of good karma, but not a place of progress toward bodhisattva perfection. (2) The Dao of Heaven, natural law, cosmic energy; according to the Daoists, the origin and law of all things. |
穹蒼 穹苍 see styles |
qióng cāng qiong2 cang1 ch`iung ts`ang chiung tsang kyuusou / kyuso きゅうそう |
the sky; the firmament; the vault of heaven (form) dome of the sky; vault of heaven |
天網恢恢 天网恢恢 see styles |
tiān wǎng huī huī tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1 t`ien wang hui hui tien wang hui hui tenmoukaikai / tenmokaikai てんもうかいかい |
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape; you can't run from the long arm of the law (expression) (yoji) heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through |
壤 see styles |
rǎng rang3 jang jou / jo じょう |
(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) (given name) Jō earth |
旻 see styles |
mín min2 min min みん |
heaven (personal name) Min |
椿 see styles |
chūn chun1 ch`un chun tsubakizaki つばきざき |
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima); (literary metaphor) father (kana only) common camellia; Camellia japonica; (surname) Tsubakizaki |
祆 see styles |
xiān xian1 hsien ken |
Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism Xian, commonly but incorrectly written 祅 a Western Asian name for Heaven, or the 天神 God of Heaven, adopted by the Zoroastrians and borrowed later by the Manicheans; also intp. as Maheśvara. |
謫 谪 see styles |
zhé zhe2 che taku |
to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China); to banish or exile; (of immortals) to banish from Heaven; to censure; to blame to condemn |
輿 舆 see styles |
yú yu2 yü koshi こし |
(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]); (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory; (literary) carriage; (literary) sedan chair; palanquin; (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public (1) palanquin; litter; bier; (2) portable shrine; (surname) Haji palanquin |
閶 阊 see styles |
chāng chang1 ch`ang chang |
gate of heaven; gate of palace |
霄 see styles |
xiāo xiao1 hsiao yoi よい |
firmament; heaven (surname) Yoi heaven |
魔 see styles |
mó mo2 mo ma ま |
(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical (1) demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence; (suffix noun) (2) (See 覗き魔) -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend; (can be adjective with の) (3) dreaded; terrible; awful; dreadful; (surname) Ma 魔羅 Māra, killing, destroying; 'the Destroyer, Evil One, Devil' (M.W.); explained by murderer, hinderer, disturber, destroyer; he is a deva 'often represented with a hundred arms and riding on an elephant'. Eitel. He sends his daughters, or assumes monstrous forms, or inspires wicked men, to seduce or frighten the saints. He 'resides with legions of subordinates in the heaven Paranirmita Vaśavartin situated on the top of the Kāmadhātu'. Eitel. Earlier form 磨; also v. 波 Pāpīyān. He is also called 他化自在天. There are various categories of māras, e.g. the skandha-māra, passion-māra, etc. |
一體 一体 see styles |
yī tǐ yi1 ti3 i t`i i ti ittai |
an integral whole; all concerned; everybody Though externally differing, in nature the same; the fundamental unity of the universe. 天地與我同根, 萬物與我一體 Heaven, earth, and myself have the same root; all things are one corpus with me. |
三元 see styles |
sān yuán san1 yuan2 san yüan sangen さんげん |
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] (1) (See 上元,中元・1,下元) 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; (2) heaven, earth and man; (3) January 1; New Year's Day; (can act as adjective) (4) {chem} ternary; (female given name) Miyuki |
三尸 see styles |
sanshi さんし |
(See 庚申待) the three worms (in Taoism); worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings |
三才 see styles |
sansai さんさい |
(1) (form) the three powers (heaven, earth and man); (2) (form) everything in the universe; (surname) Sanzai |
三界 see styles |
sān jiè san1 jie4 san chieh sangai さんがい |
(1) {Buddh} (See 欲界,色界,無色界) the three realms of existence; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三千大千世界) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (3) {Buddh} (See 三世・さんぜ・1) past, present and future existences; (suffix) (4) far-off ...; distant ...; (surname) Mikai Trailokya or Triloka; the three realms; also 三有. It is the Buddhist metaphysical equivalent for the Brahmanic cosmological bhuvanatraya, or triple world of bhūr, bhuvaḥ, and svar, earth, atmosphere, and heaven. The Buddhist three are 欲, 色, and 無色界, i.e. world of sensuous desire, form, and formless world of pure spirit. (a) 欲界 Kāmadhātu is the realm of sensuous desire, of 婬 and 食 sex and food; it includes the six heavens of desire, the human world, and the hells. (b) 色界 Rūpadhātu is the realm of form, meaning 質礙 that which is substantial and resistant: it is above the lust-world and contains (so to speak) bodies, palaces, things, all mystic and wonderful一a semi-material conception like that in Revelation; it is represented in the 四禪天, or Brahmalokas. (c) 無色界 Arūpadhātu, or ārūpyadhātu, is the formless realm of pure spirit, where there are no bodies, places, things, at any rate none to which human terms would apply, but where the mind dwells in mystic contemplation; its extent is indefinable, but it is, conceived of in four stages, i,e. 四空處 the four "empty" regions, or regions of space in the immaterial world, which are 四無色 the four "formless" realms, or realms beyond form; being above the realm of form, their bounds cannot be defined. v. 倶舍論世間品. |
三禪 三禅 see styles |
sān chán san1 chan2 san ch`an san chan sanzen |
The third dhyāna heaven of form, the highest paradise of form. |
三身 see styles |
sān shēn san1 shen1 san shen sanjin; sanshin さんじん; さんしん |
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men. |
上心 see styles |
shàng xīn shang4 xin1 shang hsin jōshin |
carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on something mental state of the formless meditation heaven |
上界 see styles |
shàng jiè shang4 jie4 shang chieh joukai / jokai じょうかい |
upper bound (1) upper world; heaven; superkingdom; (2) {math} upper bound upper realms |
上蒼 上苍 see styles |
shàng cāng shang4 cang1 shang ts`ang shang tsang |
heaven |
下界 see styles |
xià jiè xia4 jie4 hsia chieh gekai げかい |
lower bound (math.); world of mortals; (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) the world; the earth; (2) {Buddh} this world (as opposed to heaven) The lower, or human world 人界. |
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. |
中神 see styles |
nakajin なかじん |
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyodo who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky; (surname) Nakajin |
九梵 see styles |
jiǔ fàn jiu3 fan4 chiu fan kubon |
The nine heavens of the fourth dhyāna heaven. |
九野 see styles |
jiǔ yě jiu3 ye3 chiu yeh kuno くの |
the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided; the Nine Provinces of ancient China (surname) Kuno |
二禪 二禅 see styles |
èr chán er4 chan2 erh ch`an erh chan nizen |
second meditation [heaven] |
人天 see styles |
rén tiān ren2 tian1 jen t`ien jen tien ninden; jinten; ninten にんでん; じんてん; にんてん |
{Buddh} earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings Men and devas. |
佛天 see styles |
fó tiān fo2 tian1 fo t`ien fo tien butten |
Buddha as Heaven; Buddha and the devas. |
優勝 优胜 see styles |
yōu shèng you1 sheng4 yu sheng yuushou / yusho ゆうしょう |
(of a contestant) winning; superior; excellent (n,vs,vi) (1) overall victory; championship; winning the title; (n,vs,vi) (2) (colloquialism) (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment |
兜率 see styles |
dōu shuò dou1 shuo4 tou shuo Tosotsu とそつ |
(Buddhist term) (abbreviation) Tusita (heaven, pure land) (Skt. Tuṣita) |
內院 内院 see styles |
nèi yuàn nei4 yuan4 nei yüan naīn |
inner courtyard (in a courtyard house) The inner court— of the Tusita heaven, where Maitreya dwells and preaches; also 善法堂. |
全天 see styles |
quán tiān quan2 tian1 ch`üan t`ien chüan tien zenten ぜんてん |
whole day all heaven |
兩儀 两仪 see styles |
liǎng yí liang3 yi2 liang i |
heaven and earth; yin and yang |
八種 八种 see styles |
bā zhǒng ba1 zhong3 pa chung yagusa やぐさ |
(place-name) Yagusa (布) 施 Eight causes of giving―convenience; fear; gratitude; reward-seeking; traditional (or customary); hoping for heaven; name and fame; personal virtue. |
六天 see styles |
liù tiān liu4 tian1 liu t`ien liu tien rokuten ろくてん |
(place-name) Rokuten The six devalokas, i. e. the heavens with sense organs above Sumeru, between the brahmalokas and the earth, i. e. 四王天; 忉利天; 夜摩天; 兜率天; 樂變化天; and 他化自在天. The sixth is the heaven of Mara, v. 六欲天. |
六念 see styles |
liù niàn liu4 nian4 liu nien rokunen |
(六念法) The six thoughts to dwell upon: Buddha, the Law, the Order, the commands, almsgiving, and heaven with its prospective joys. |
動天 see styles |
douten / doten どうてん |
heaven-shaking event; earth-shattering occurrence |
化土 see styles |
huà tǔ hua4 tu3 hua t`u hua tu kedo |
one of the 三土 three kinds of lands, or realms; it is any land or realm whose inhabitants are subject to reincarnation; any land which a Buddha is converting, or one in which is the transformed body of a Buddha. These lands are of two kinds, pure like the Tusita heaven, and vile or unclean like this world. Tiantai defines the huatu or the transformation realm of Amitābha as the Pure-land of the West, but other schools speak of huatu as the realm on which depends the nirmāṇakāya, with varying definitions. |
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. |
升天 see styles |
shēng tiān sheng1 tian1 sheng t`ien sheng tien |
lit. to ascend to heaven; to die |
受命 see styles |
shòu mìng shou4 ming4 shou ming jumei / jume じゅめい |
ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel (n,vs,vi) (1) receiving an order; commission; (n,vs,vi) (2) (hist) (See 天命・1) receiving a mandate from heaven and becoming an emperor (in China) to live |
四知 see styles |
sì zhī si4 zhi1 ssu chih shichi |
The four who know the workings of one's mind for good or evil— heaven, earth, one's intimates, and oneself. |
四禪 四禅 see styles |
sì chán si4 chan2 ssu ch`an ssu chan shizen |
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'. |
國王 国王 see styles |
guó wáng guo2 wang2 kuo wang kokuō |
king; CL:個|个[ge4] A king, prince, i. e. one who has attained to his present high estate consequent on keeping all the ten commandments in a previous incarnation; and being protected by devas 天, he is called 天子 deva son, or Son of Heaven. |
在天 see styles |
zaiten ざいてん |
(n,vs,vi) in heaven; heavenly |
墜芥 坠芥 see styles |
zhuì jiè zhui4 jie4 chui chieh tsuikai |
To drop a mustard seed from the Tuṣita heaven on to the point of a needle on the earth, most difficult, rare. |
夜摩 see styles |
yè mó ye4 mo2 yeh mo yama |
Yama, 'originally the Aryan god of the dead, living in a heaven above the world, the regent of the South; but Brahminism transferred his abode to hell. Both views have been retained by Buddhism.' Eitel. Yama in Indian mythology is ruler over the dead and judge in the hells, is 'grim in aspect, green in colour, clothed in red, riding on a buffalo, and holding a club in one hand and noose in the other': he has two four-eyed watch-dogs. M. W. The usual form is 閻摩 q. v. |
大日 see styles |
dà rì da4 ri4 ta jih dainichi だいにち |
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism; (place-name, surname) Dainichi Vairocana, or Mahāvairocana 大日如來; 遍照如來; 摩訶毘盧遮那； 毘盧遮那; 大日覺王 The sun, "shining everywhere" The chief object of worship of the Shingon sect in Japan, "represented by the gigantic image in the temple at Nara." (Eliot.) There he is known as Dai-nichi-nyorai. He is counted as the first, and according to some, the origin of the five celestial Buddhas (dhyāni-buddhas, or jinas). He dwells quiescent in Arūpa-dhātu, the Heaven beyond form, and is the essence of wisdom (bodhi) and of absolute purity. Samantabhadra 普賢 is his dhyāni-bodhisattva. The 大日經 "teaches that Vairocana is the whole world, which is divided into Garbhadhātu (material) and Vajradhātu (indestructible), the two together forming Dharmadhātu. The manifestations of Vairocana's body to himself―that is, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ―are represented symbolically by diagrams of several circles ". Eliot. In the 金剛界 or vajradhātu maṇḍala he is the center of the five groups. In the 胎藏界 or Garbhadhātu he is the center of the eight-leaf (lotus) court. His appearance, symbols, esoteric word, differ according to the two above distinctions. Generally he is considered as an embodiment of the Truth 法, both in the sense of dharmakāya 法身 and dharmaratna 法寳. Some hold Vairocana to be the dharmakāya of Śākyamuni 大日與釋迦同一佛 but the esoteric school denies this identity. Also known as 最高顯廣眼藏如來, the Tathagata who, in the highest, reveals the far-reaching treasure of his eye, i.e. the sun. 大日大聖不動明王 is described as one of his transformations. Also, a śramaņa of Kashmir (contemporary of Padma-saṃbhava); he is credited with introducing Buddhism into Khotan and being an incarnation of Mañjuśrī; the king Vijaya Saṃbhava built a monastery for him. |
天一 see styles |
tenichi てんいち |
(abbreviation) (See 天一神,陰陽道,己酉,癸巳) Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky; (female given name) Ten'itsu |
天下 see styles |
tiān xià tian1 xia4 t`ien hsia tien hsia tenka(p); tenga; tenge てんか(P); てんが; てんげ |
land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule (1) the whole world; (2) the whole country; (3) society; the public; (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases; (can be adjective with の) (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous; (7) (archaism) shogun (Edo period); (given name) Tenka the world |
天与 see styles |
tenyo てんよ |
godsend; heaven's gift |
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. |
天公 see styles |
tiān gōng tian1 gong1 t`ien kung tien kung |
heaven; lord of heaven |
天兵 see styles |
tiān bīng tian1 bing1 t`ien ping tien ping tenpei / tenpe てんぺい |
celestial soldier; (old) imperial troops; (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit; (more generally) bungler; screw-up the Imperial Army; heaven-send army |
天則 天则 see styles |
tiān zé tian1 ze2 t`ien tse tien tse tensoku てんそく |
natural law; rule of heaven heaven's rule |
天壇 天坛 see styles |
tiān tán tian1 tan2 t`ien t`an tien tan tendan てんだん |
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing) (place-name) Temple of Heaven (China) |
天壌 see styles |
tenjou / tenjo てんじょう |
heaven and earth |
天変 see styles |
tenpen てんぺん |
natural calamity; striking phenomena in heaven and earth |
天宮 天宫 see styles |
tiān gōng tian1 gong1 t`ien kung tien kung tiangon; tenkyuu / tiangon; tenkyu ティアンゴン; てんきゅう |
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program Tiangong (Chinese space program); (surname) Amemiya devapura; devaloka; the palace of devas, the abode of the gods, i. e. the six celestial worlds situated above the Meru, between the earth and the Brahmalokas. v. 六天. |
天庭 see styles |
tiān tíng tian1 ting2 t`ien t`ing tien ting |
middle of the forehead; imperial court; heaven |
天心 see styles |
tiān xīn tian1 xin1 t`ien hsin tien hsin tenshin てんしん |
center of the sky; will of heaven; will of the Gods; the monarch's will (1) zenith; (2) divine will; providence; (given name) Tenshin mind of heaven |
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