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There are 9 total results for your 大方等 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

大方等

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dà fāng děng
    da4 fang1 deng3
ta fang teng
 dai hōdō
Mahāvaipulya or vaipulya 大方廣; 毗佛畧. They are called 無量義經 sutras of infinite meaning, or of the infinite; first introduced into China by Dharmarakṣa (A.D.266―317). The name is common to Hīnayāna and Mahayana, but chiefly claimed by the latter for its special sutras as extending and universalizing the Buddha's earlier preliminary teaching. v. 大方廣 and 方等.

大方等經


大方等经

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dà fāng děng jīng
    da4 fang1 deng3 jing1
ta fang teng ching
 daihōdō kyō
the great well-balanced scripture

大方等大集經


大方等大集经

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dà fāng děng dà jí jīng
    da4 fang1 deng3 da4 ji2 jing1
ta fang teng ta chi ching
 Dai hōdō daijikkyō
Mahāvaipulya-mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, tr. A.D. 397―439, said to have been preached by the Buddha "from the age of 45 to 49 ...to Buddhas and bodhisattvas assembled from every region, by a great staircase made between the world of desire and that of form". B.N. Another version was made by Jñānagupta and others in A.D. 594 called 大方等大集賢護經.

大方等無想經


大方等无想经

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dà fāng děng wú xiǎng jīng
    da4 fang1 deng3 wu2 xiang3 jing1
ta fang teng wu hsiang ching
 Dai hōtō musō kyō
*Mahāmegha-sūtra

大方等如來藏經


大方等如来藏经

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dà fāng děng rú lái zàng jīng
    da4 fang1 deng3 ru2 lai2 zang4 jing1
ta fang teng ju lai tsang ching
 Daihōdō nyorai zō kyō
*Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra

大方等陀羅尼經


大方等陀罗尼经

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dà fāng děng tuó luó ní jīng
    da4 fang1 deng3 tuo2 luo2 ni2 jing1
ta fang teng t`o lo ni ching
    ta fang teng to lo ni ching
 Dai hōdō darani kyō
Da fangdeng tuoluoni jing

大方等頂王說經


大方等顶王说经

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dà fāng děng dǐng wáng shuō jīng
    da4 fang1 deng3 ding3 wang2 shuo1 jing1
ta fang teng ting wang shuo ching
 Daihōdō chōōsetsu kyō
Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra

大方等頂王説經

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dà fāng děng dǐng wáng shuō jīng
    da4 fang1 deng3 ding3 wang2 shuo1 jing1
ta fang teng ting wang shuo ching
Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra, tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D.265―316.

大方等檀持陀羅尼經


大方等檀持陀罗尼经

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dà fāng děng tán chí tuó luó ní jīng
    da4 fang1 deng3 tan2 chi2 tuo2 luo2 ni2 jing1
ta fang teng t`an ch`ih t`o lo ni ching
    ta fang teng tan chih to lo ni ching
 Dai hōdō danji darani kyō
Pratyutpanna-buddha-sammukhāvasthita-samādhi-sūtra

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

This page contains 9 results for "大方等" 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.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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