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Ananda
ā nán dá
阿南達 is the name Ananda in Chinese (Mandarin).
Ananda
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アナンダ is the name Ananda in Japanese.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
喜 see styles |
xǐ xi3 hsi yoshimi よしみ |
More info & calligraphy: Happiness / Joyful / Joy(female given name) Yoshimi prīti; ānanda. Joy; glad; delighted, rejoice; to like. |
七夢 七梦 see styles |
qī mèng qi1 meng4 ch`i meng chi meng hiyu ひゆ |
(female given name) Hiyu Ānanda's seven dreams, which are explained in the 七夢經. |
五師 五师 see styles |
wǔ shī wu3 shi1 wu shih goshi ごし |
(surname) Goshi The five masters or teachers, i. e. respectively of the sutras, the vinaya, the śāstras, the abhidharma, and meditation. A further division is made of 異世五師 and 同世五師. The first, i. e. of different periods, are Mahākāśyapa, Ānanda, Madhyāntika, Śāṇavāsa, and Upagupta; another group connected with the Vinaya is Upāli, Dāsaka, Sonaka, Siggava, and Moggaliputra Tissva. The 同世 or five of the same period are variously stated: the Sarvāstivādins say they were the five immediate disciples of Upagupta, i. e. Dharmagupta, etc.; see 五部. |
侍者 see styles |
shì zhě shi4 zhe3 shih che jisha じしゃ |
attendant; waiter attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte An attendant, e. g. as Ānanda was to the Buddha; assistants in general, e. g. the incense-assistant in a temple. |
女人 see styles |
nǚ ren nu:3 ren5 nü jen nyonin; jojin にょにん; じょじん |
wife woman Woman, described in the Nirvāṇa sūtra 浬槃經 9 as the "abode of all evil", 一切女人皆是衆惡之所住處 The 智度論 14 says: 大火燒人是猶可近, 淸風無形是亦可捉, 蚖蛇含毒猶亦可觸, 女人之心不可得實 "Fierce fire that would burn men may yet be approached, clear breezes without form may yet be grasped, cobras that harbour poison may yet be touched, but a woman's heart is never to be relied upon." The Buddha ordered Ānanda: "Do not Look at a woman; if you must, then do not talk with her; if you must, then call on the Buddha with all your mind"— an evidently apocryphal statement of 文句 8. |
婆羅 婆罗 see styles |
pó luó po2 luo2 p`o lo po lo bara |
pāla; keeper, guardian, warden; vihārapāla, warden of a monastery. bala; power, strength, especially the 五力 five powers, pañca bālani, i.e. 五根; also the 十力 daśabala, ten powers. Name of the sister of Ānanda who offered milk to Śākyamuni. bāla; 'young,' 'immature,' 'simpleton, fool,' 'hair' (M.W.); ignorant, unenlightened, see bālapṛthagjana, below. |
寶相 宝相 see styles |
bǎo xiàng bao3 xiang4 pao hsiang hōsō |
The precious likeness, or image (of Buddha). ratnaketu, one of the seven tathāgatas; a name of Ānanda as a future buddha; the name under which 2,000 of Śākyamuni's disciples are to be reborn as buddhas. |
末田 see styles |
mò tián mo4 tian2 mo t`ien mo tien matsuda まつだ |
(place-name, surname) Matsuda Madhyāntika, 末田地 (末田地那); 末田底加, 末田提; 末田鐸迦; 末彈地; 末闡地 or a 摩 is also used for 末. It is tr. by 中; 日中, 水中河中, and 金地. One of the two chief disciples of Ānanda, to whom he handed down the Buddha's doctrine. He is reputed to have been sent to convert 罽賓 Kashmir, the other, 商那和修 Śāṇakavāsa, to convert 中國 which is probably Central India, though it is understood as China. Another account makes the latter a disciple of the former. Eitel says that by his magic power he transported a sculptor to the Tuṣita heavens to obtain a correct image of Maitreya. |
燄口 焰口 see styles |
yàn kǒu yan4 kou3 yen k`ou yen kou enku |
UIkā-mukha. Flaming mouth, a hungry ghost or preta, that is represented as appearing to Ānanda in the 救拔燄ロ餓鬼陀羅尼經 (B.N. 984). |
結集 结集 see styles |
jié jí jie2 ji2 chieh chi kesshuu / kesshu けっしゅう |
(n,vs,vt,vi) concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization The collection and fixing of the Buddhist canon; especially the first assembly which gathered to recite the scriptures, Saṅgīti. Six assemblies for creation or revision of the canon are named, the first at the Pippala cave at Rājagṛha under Ajātaśatru, the second at Vaiśālī, the third at Pāṭaliputra under Aśoka, the fourth in Kashmir under Kaniṣka, the fifth at the Vulture Peak for the Mahāyāna, and the sixth for the esoteric canon. The first is sometimes divided into two, that of those within 'the cave', and that of those without, i.e. the intimate disciples, and the greater assembly without; the accounts are conflicting and unreliable. The notable three disciples to whom the first reciting is attributed are Kāśyapa, as presiding elder, Ānanda for the Sūtras and the Abhidharma, and Upāli for the Vinaya; others attribute the Abhidharma to Pūrṇa, or Kāśyapa; but, granted the premises, whatever form their work may have taken, it cannot have been that of the existing Tripiṭaka. The fifth and sixth assemblies are certainly imaginary. |
經家 经家 see styles |
jīng jiā jing1 jia1 ching chia kyōke |
One who collected or collects the sūtras, especially Ānanda, who according to tradition recorded the first Buddhist sūtras. |
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. |
耆闍 耆阇 see styles |
qí shé qi2 she2 ch`i she chi she kisha |
gṛdhra, a vulture, also an abbrev. for 耆闍崛; 伊沙堀; 揭梨 馱羅鳩胝; 姞栗陀羅矩叱 Gṛdhrakūṭa; a mountain near Rājagṛha said to be shaped like a vulture's head, or to be famous for its vultures and its caverns inhabited by ascetics, where Piśuna(Māra), in the shape of a vulture, hindered the meditations of Ānanda. It has numerous other names. |
耶舍 see styles |
yé shè ye2 she4 yeh she Yasha |
Yaśas, or 耶舍陀 Yaśojā. There were two persons of this name: (1) a disciple of Ānanda; (2) another who is said to have 'played an important part in connection with the second synod'. |
蒸沙 see styles |
zhēng shā zheng1 sha1 cheng sha jōsha |
Steaming or cooking sand for food: an impossibility, like Ānanda trying to meditate without cutting off evil conduct. |
阿難 阿难 see styles |
ē nán e1 nan2 o nan anan あなん |
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple (person) Ananda (disciple of Gautama Buddha) Ānanda |
難陀 难陀 see styles |
nán tuó nan2 tuo2 nan t`o nan to Nanda |
難陁 nanda, "happiness, pleasure, joy, felicity." M.W. Name of disciples not easy to discriminate; one is called Cowherd Nanda, an arhat; another Sundarananda, to distinguish him from Ānanda, and the above; also, of a milkman who gave Śākyamuni milk; of a poor woman who could only offer a cash to buy oil for a lamp to Buddha; of a nāga king; etc. |
鷲山 鹫山 see styles |
jiù shān jiu4 shan1 chiu shan washiyama わしやま |
(place-name, surname) Washiyama Gṛdhrakūṭa, Vulture Peak near Rājagṛha, 'the modern Giddore, so called because Piśuna (Māra) once as assumed there the guise of a vulture to interrupt the meditation of Ānanda' (Eitel); more probably because of its shape, or because of the vultures who fed there on the dead; a place frequented by the Buddha; the imaginary scene of the preaching of the Lotus Sūtra, and called 靈鷲山 Spiritual Vulture Peak, as the Lotus Sūtra is also known as the 鷲峯偈 Vulture Peak gāthā. The peak is also called 鷲峯; 鷲頭 (鷲頭山); 鷲臺; 鷲嶽; 鷲巖; 靈山; cf. 耆闍崛山. |
對吿衆 对吿众 see styles |
duì gào zhòng dui4 gao4 zhong4 tui kao chung tai gō shu |
The intermediary for the Buddha' s address to the assembly, especially Ānanda. |
摩鄧伽 摩邓伽 see styles |
mó dèng qié mo2 deng4 qie2 mo teng ch`ieh mo teng chieh matōga |
Mātaṇga, also 摩登伽 (or 摩燈伽) Elephant, greatest, utmost, lowest caste, outcast, barbarian. 摩鄧祇 Mātaṅgī. Both words bear a low meaning in Chinese, e.g. low caste. Mātaṅgī is the name of the low-caste woman who inveigled Ānanda. The 摩鄧祇咒 spell is performed with blood, etc. |
羅睺羅 罗睺罗 see styles |
luó huó luó luo2 huo2 luo2 lo huo lo Ragora |
Rāhula, the eldest son of Śākyamuni and Yaśodharā; also羅睺; 羅吼; 羅云; 羅雲; 曷怙羅 or 何怙羅 or 羅怙羅. He is supposed to have been in the womb for six years and born when his father attained buddhahood; also said to have been born during an eclipse, and thus acquired his name, though it is defined in other ways; his father did not see him till he was six years old. He became a disciple of the Hīnayāna, but is said to have become a Mahāyānist when his father preached this final perfect doctrine, a statement gainsaid by his being recognized as founder of the Vaibhāṣika school. He is to be reborn as the eldest son of every buddha, hence is sometimes called the son of Ānanda. |
舍頭諫 舍头谏 see styles |
shè tóu jiàn she4 tou2 jian4 she t`ou chien she tou chien Shazukan |
Śārdūla-karṇa. The original name of Ānanda, intp. 虎耳 tiger's ears. |
鉢吉帝 钵吉帝 see styles |
bō jí dì bo1 ji2 di4 po chi ti hakitei |
prakṛti, natural; woman; etc. Name of the woman at the well who supplied water to Ānanda, seduced him, but became a nun. |
阿難陀 阿难陀 see styles |
ē nán tuó e1 nan2 tuo2 o nan t`o o nan to ananda あなんだ |
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple (person) Ananda (disciple of Gautama Buddha) Ānanda, 阿難; intp. by 歡喜 Joy; son of Droṇodana-rāja, and younger brother of Devadatta; he was noted as the most learned disciple of Buddha and famed for hearing and remembering his teaching, hence is styled 多聞; after the Buddha's death he is said to have compiled the sutras in the Vaibhāra cave, v. 畢, where the disciples were assembled in Magadha. He is reckoned as the second patriarch. Ānandabhadra and Ānandasāgara are generally given as two other Ānandas, but this is uncertain. |
二十八祖 see styles |
èr shí bā zǔ er4 shi2 ba1 zu3 erh shih pa tsu nijūhasso |
The twenty-eight Buddhist patriarchs as stated by the Mahāyānists. The Tiantai school reckons twenty-three, or twenty-four, with the addition of Śaṇakavāsa, contemporary with his predecessors, but the Chan school reckons twenty-eight: (1) Mahākāśyapa, 摩訶迦葉 (摩訶迦葉波); (2) Ānanda, 阿難; (3) Śāṇakavāsa, 商那和修; 4) Upagupta, 優婆毱多; (5) Dhṛṭaka, 提多迦; (6) Mikkaka, or Miccaka, or Micchaka, 彌遮迦; (7) Vasumitra, 婆須蜜; (8) Buddhanandi, 佛陀難提; (9) Buddhamitra, 伏駄蜜多; (10) Pārśva, or Pārśvika, 波栗溼縛or 脇尊者; (11) Puṇyayaśas 那尊耶舍; (12) Aśvaghoṣa, 馬鳴大士; (13) Kapimala, 迦毘摩羅; (14) Nāgārjuna, 龍樹; (15) Kāṇadeva, 迦那提婆; (16) Rāhulata, 羅睺羅多; (17) Saṅghanandi, 僧伽難提; (18) Gayāśata, 伽耶舍多; (19) Kumārata, 鳩摩羅多; (20) Jayata, 闍夜多; (21) Vasubandhu, 婆修盤頭; (22) Manorhita, 摩撃羅; (23) Haklena, 鶴輸勒; (24) Ārasiṁha, 師子尊者; (25) Basiasita, 婆舍新多; (26) Puṇyamitra, 不如密多; (27) Prajñātāra, 般若多羅; (28) Bodhidharma, 菩提達磨. |
十大弟子 see styles |
shí dà dì zǐ shi2 da4 di4 zi3 shih ta ti tzu juudaideshi / judaideshi じゅうだいでし |
{Buddh} the ten great disciples (of Buddha) The ten chief discip1es of Śākyamuni, each of whom was master of one power or gift. Śāriputra of wisdom; Maudgalyāyana of supernatural powers; Mahākāśyapa of discipline; Aniruddha of 天眼 deva vision; Subhūti of explaining the void or immaterial; Pūrṇa of expounding the law; Kātyāyana of its fundamental principles; Upāli of maintaining the rules; Rāhula of the esoteric; and Ānanda of hearing and remembering. |
命道沙門 命道沙门 see styles |
mìng dào shā mén ming4 dao4 sha1 men2 ming tao sha men myōdō shamon |
A śramaṇa who makes the commandments, meditation, and knowledge his very life, as Ānanda did. |
囑累阿難 嘱累阿难 see styles |
zhǔ lěi ān án zhu3 lei3 an1 an2 chu lei an an shokurui Anan |
transmission to Ānanda |
多聞第一 多闻第一 see styles |
duō wén dì yī duo1 wen2 di4 yi1 to wen ti i tamon daiichi |
The chief among the Buddha's hearers: Ānanda. |
如是我聞 如是我闻 see styles |
rú shì wǒ wén ru2 shi4 wo3 wen2 ju shih wo wen nyozegamon にょぜがもん |
so I have heard (idiom); the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism) (yoji) thus I hear (quote from the sutras); these ears have heard thus have I heard |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Ananda | 阿南達 阿南达 | ā nán dá a1 nan2 da2 a nan da ananda | a nan ta ananta |
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| Ananda | アナンダ | ananda | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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