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大炎熱 大炎热 see styles |
dà yán rè da4 yan2 re4 ta yen je dai ennetsu |
Pratāpana or Mahātāpana; the hell of great heat, the seventh of the eight hot hells. |
大蓮華 大莲华 see styles |
dà lián huá da4 lian2 hua2 ta lien hua dai renge |
puṇḍarīka, 分陀利; 芬利; 奔茶 the great white lotus; the last of the eight cold hells is so called. |
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. |
大辯天 大辩天 see styles |
dà biàn tiān da4 bian4 tian1 ta pien t`ien ta pien tien Daiben ten |
Sarasvatī 大辯才天 (大辯才女); 大辯功德天 (大辯才功德天); 薩羅婆縛底; 薩羅酸底 A river, 'the modern Sursooty'; the goddess of it, who 'was persuaded to descend from heaven and confer her invention of language and letters on the human race by the sage Bhārata, whence one of her names is Bharatī'; sometimes assumes the form of a swan; eloquence, or literary elegance is associated with her. Cf. M. W. Known as the mother of speech, eloquence, letters, and music. Chinese texts describe this deity sometimes as male, but generally as female, and under several forms. As 'goddess of music and poetry' she is styled 妙 (or 美 ) 音天; 妙音樂天; 妙音佛母. She is represented in two forms, one with two arms and a lute, another with eight arms. Sister of Yama. 'A consort of both Brahmā and Mañjuśrī,' Getty. In Japan, when with a lute, Benten is a form of Saravastī, colour white, and riding a peacock. Tib. sbyaṅs-can-ma, or ṅag-gi-lha-mo; M. kele-yin iikin tegri; J. ben-zai-ten, or benten. |
大黑天 see styles |
dà hēi tiān da4 hei1 tian1 ta hei t`ien ta hei tien Daikoku ten |
Mahākāla 摩訶迦 (or 謌) 羅 the great black deva 大黑神. Two interpretations are given. The esoteric cult describes the deva as the masculine form of Kālī, i.e. Durgā, the wife of Śiva; with one face and eight arms, or three faces and six arms, a necklace of skulls, etc. He is worshipped as giving warlike power, and fierceness; said also to be an incarnation of Vairocana for the purpose of destroying the demons; and is described as 大時 the "great time" (-keeper) which seems to indicate Vairocana, the sun. The exoteric cult interprets him as a beneficent deva, a Pluto, or god of wealth. Consequently he is represented in two forms, by the one school as a fierce deva, by the other as a kindly happy deva. He is shown as one of the eight fierce guardians with trident, generally blue-black but sometimes white; he may have two elephants underfoot. Six arms and hands hold jewel, skull cup, chopper, drum, trident, elephant-goad. He is the tutelary god of Mongolian Buddhism. Six forms of Mahākāla are noted: (1) 比丘大黑 A black-faced disciple of the Buddha, said to be the Buddha as Mahādeva in a previous incarnation, now guardian of the refectory. (2) 摩訶迦羅大黑女 Kālī, the wife of Śiva. (3) 王子迦羅大黑 The son of Śiva. (4) 眞陀大黑 Cintāmaṇi, with the talismanic pearl, symbol of bestowing fortune. (5) 夜叉大黑 Subduer of demons. (6) 摩迦羅大黑 Mahākāla, who carries a bag on his back and holds a hammer in his right hand. J., Daikoku; M., Yeke-gara; T., Nag-po c'en-po. |
天台律 see styles |
tiān tái lǜ tian1 tai2 lv4 t`ien t`ai lü tien tai lü Tendai ritsu |
The laws of the Tiantai sect as given in the Lotus, and the ten primary commandments and forty-eight secondary commandments of 梵網經 the Sutra of Brahma's Net 梵網經 (Brahmajāla); they are ascribed as the 大乘圓頓戒 the Mahāyāna perfect and immediate moral precepts, immediate in the sense of the possibility of all instantly becoming Buddha. |
娑伽羅 娑伽罗 see styles |
suō qié luó suo1 qie2 luo2 so ch`ieh lo so chieh lo Sagara |
Sāgara. 娑竭羅 The ocean. The nāga king of the ocean palace north of Mt. Meru, possessed of priceless pearls; the dragon king of rain; his eight-year-old daughter instantly attained Buddhahood, v. the Lotus Sutra. |
孟八郞 see styles |
mèng bā láng meng4 ba1 lang2 meng pa lang mō bachirō |
The eight violent fellows, a general term for plotters, ruffians, and those who write books opposed to the truth. |
小乘戒 see styles |
xiǎo shèng jiè xiao3 sheng4 jie4 hsiao sheng chieh shōjō kai |
The commandments of the Hīnayāna, also recognized by the Mahāyāna: the five, eight, and ten commandments, the 250 for the monks, and the 348 for the nuns. |
布薩護 布萨护 see styles |
bù sà hù bu4 sa4 hu4 pu sa hu fusago |
is a term for the lay observance of the first eight commandments on fast days, and it is used as a name for those commands. |
廣果天 广果天 see styles |
guǎng guǒ tiān guang3 guo3 tian1 kuang kuo t`ien kuang kuo tien kōka ten |
Bṛhatphala, the twelfth brahmaloka, the third of the eight heavens of the fourth dhyāna realm of form. |
廿八躔 see styles |
niàn bā chán nian4 ba1 chan2 nien pa ch`an nien pa chan |
the twenty-eight constellations; also written 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] |
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. |
摩利支 see styles |
mó lì zhī mo2 li4 zhi1 mo li chih marishi まりし |
{Buddh} Marici (or 摩梨支, or 摩里支); 末利支 Marīci. Rays of light, the sun's rays, said to go before the sun; mirage; also intp. as a wreath. A goddess, independent and sovereign, protectress against all violence and peril. 'In Brahmanic mythology, the personification of light, offspring of Brahmā, parent of Sūrya.' 'Among Chinese Buddhists Maritchi is represented as a female with eight arms, two of which are holding aloft emblems of sun and moon, and worshipped as goddess of light and as the guardian of all nations, whom she protects from the fury of war. She is addressed as 天后 queen of heaven, or as 斗姥 lit. mother of the Southern measure (μλρστζ Sagittarī), and identified with Tchundi' and 'with Mahēśvarī, the wife of Maheśvara, and has therefore the attribute Mātrikā', mother of Buddhas. Eitel. Taoists address her as Queen of Heaven. |
方等時 方等时 see styles |
fāng děng shí fang1 deng3 shi2 fang teng shih hōtō ji |
The third of the five periods of Tiantai 五時教, the eight years from the twelfth to the twentieth years of the Buddha's teaching, i. e. the period of the 維摩經, the 金光明經, and other vaipulya sutras. |
時縛迦 时缚迦 see styles |
shí fú jiā shi2 fu2 jia1 shih fu chia jibaka |
jīvaka, one of the eight principal drugs; living, making or seeking a living, causing to live, etc.; an 'illegitimate son of king Bimbisāra by Āmradārikā', who resigned his claim to the throne to Ajātaśātru and practised medicine; a physician. |
李鐵拐 李铁拐 see styles |
lǐ tiě guǎi li3 tie3 guai3 li t`ieh kuai li tieh kuai |
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine |
果遂願 果遂愿 see styles |
guǒ suì yuàn guo3 sui4 yuan4 kuo sui yüan kazui gan |
The assurance of universal salvation, the twentieth of Amitābha's forty-eight vows. |
榮辱觀 荣辱观 see styles |
róng rǔ guān rong2 ru3 guan1 jung ju kuan |
precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006); abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观; also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3] |
江八點 江八点 see styles |
jiāng bā diǎn jiang1 ba1 dian3 chiang pa tien |
Jiang Zemin's 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2min2] eight propositions on developing relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, presented in a 1995 speech |
法齋日 法斋日 see styles |
fǎ zhāi rì fa3 zhai1 ri4 fa chai jih hō sainichi |
The day of abstinence observed at the end of each half month, also the six abstinence days, in all making the eight days for keeping the eight commandments. |
波濕縛 波湿缚 see styles |
bō shī fú bo1 shi1 fu2 po shih fu Hashibaku |
(波栗濕縛); 波奢 pārśva, the ribs. Pārśva, the tenth patriarch, previously a Brahman of Gandhāra, who took a vow not to lie down until he had mastered the meaning of the Tripiṭaka, cut off all desire in the realms of sense, form and non-form, and obtained the six supernatural powers and eight pāramitās. This he accomplished after three years. His death is put at 36 B. C. His name is tr. as 脇尊者 his Worship of the Ribs. |
波羅夷 波罗夷 see styles |
bō luó yí bo1 luo2 yi2 po lo i harai はらい |
{Buddh} parajika (rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life) pārājika. The first section of the Vinaya piṭaka containing rules of expulsion from the order, for unpardonable sin. Also 波羅闍巳迦; 波羅市迦. Cf. 四波羅夷. There are in Hīnayāna eight sins for expulsion of nuns, and in Mahāyāna ten. The esoteric sects have their own rules. |
涅槃洲 see styles |
niè pán zhōu nie4 pan2 zhou1 nieh p`an chou nieh pan chou nehan shū |
Nirvāṇa-island, i.e. in the stream of mortality, from which stream the Buddha saves men with his eight-oar boat of truth, v. 八聖道. |
王安石 see styles |
wáng ān shí wang2 an1 shi2 wang an shih ouanseki / oanseki おうあんせき |
Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 (personal name) Ouanseki |
瓦德西 see styles |
wǎ dé xī wa3 de2 xi1 wa te hsi |
Waldersee (name); Alfred Graf Von Waldersee (1832-1904), commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1] |
百八つ see styles |
hyakuyattsu ひゃくやっつ |
(numeric) 108; one hundred and eight |
百八珠 see styles |
bǎi bā zhū bai3 ba1 zhu1 pai pa chu hyakuhachi shu |
one hundred and eight beads |
百八聲 百八声 see styles |
bǎi bā shēng bai3 ba1 sheng1 pai pa sheng hyakkuhasshō |
one hundred and eight rings |
目八分 see styles |
mehachibun; mehachibu めはちぶん; めはちぶ |
(1) below eye level; (2) about eight-tenths full |
矜羯羅 矜羯罗 see styles |
jīn jié luó jin1 jie2 luo2 chin chieh lo Gongara |
金伽羅 Kiṃkara, a servant, slave; the seventh of the eight messengers of 不重明王. |
第四禪 第四禅 see styles |
dì sì chán di4 si4 chan2 ti ssu ch`an ti ssu chan daishi zen |
The fourth dhyāna, a degree of contemplation when the mind becomes indifferent to pleasure and pain; also the last eight rūpa heavens. |
緊那羅 紧那罗 see styles |
jǐn nà luó jin3 na4 luo2 chin na lo kinnara きんなら |
{Buddh} kimnara (celestial musicians and protectors of Buddhism); (female given name) Kinnara 緊捺羅 (or緊陀羅); 甄陀羅 (or 眞陀羅 ) kinnara; the musicians of Kuvera, with men's bodies and horses' heads; they are described as 人非人 men yet not men, and 疑神 mythical beings; one of the eight classes of heavenly musicians; they are also described as horned, as having crystal lutes, the females singing and dancing, and as ranking below gandharvas. |
羅刹私 罗刹私 see styles |
luó chà sī luo2 cha4 si1 lo ch`a ssu lo cha ssu rasetsushi |
rākṣasī, also羅叉私; 羅刹斯; 羅刹女 Female demons, of whom the names of eight, ten, and twelve are given, and 500 are also mentioned. |
般若經 般若经 see styles |
bō rě jīng bo1 re3 jing1 po je ching Hannya kyō |
The wisdom sutras, especially the 大般若波羅密多經 tr. by Hsuanzang in 600 juan. A compendium of five wisdom sutras is 摩訶般若; 金剛般若; 天王問般若; 光讚般若 and 仁王般若; cf. the last. Another compendium contains eight books. |
苦類忍 苦类忍 see styles |
kǔ lèi rěn ku3 lei4 ren3 k`u lei jen ku lei jen kurui nin |
(苦類智忍) One of the eight forms of endurance arising out of 苦類智, v. 八忍. |
蒲式耳 see styles |
pú shì ěr pu2 shi4 er3 p`u shih erh pu shih erh |
bushel (eight gallons) |
道の師 see styles |
michinoshi みちのし |
(archaism) Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles) |
鐵圍山 铁围山 see styles |
tiě wéi shān tie3 wei2 shan1 t`ieh wei shan tieh wei shan tetsui no yama |
Cakravāla, Cakravāda. The iron enclosing mountains supposed to encircle the earth, forming the periphery of a world. Mount Meru is the centre and between it and the Iron mountains are the seven 金山 metal-mountains and the eight seas. |
関八州 see styles |
kanhasshuu / kanhasshu かんはっしゅう |
(abbreviation) (See 関東八州) the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke) |
阿彌陀 阿弥陀 see styles |
ā mí tuó a1 mi2 tuo2 a mi t`o a mi to Amida あみだ |
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head (阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions. |
阿波波 see styles |
ā bō bō a1 bo1 bo1 a po po ahaha |
ababa, hahava, the only sound possible to those in the fourth of the eight cold hells. |
離婆多 离婆多 see styles |
lí pó duō li2 po2 duo1 li p`o to li po to Ribata |
離波多; 離越; 離曰; 梨婆多 Revata; one of the twenty-eight Indian constellations, corresponding with 室 the 'house', (a) Markab, (b) Scheat, Pegasus; name of a disciple of Śākyamuni; of the leader of the second synod; of a member of the third synod; cf. 頡. |
非有想 see styles |
fēi yǒu xiǎng fei1 you3 xiang3 fei yu hsiang |
The 定 or degree of meditation of this name leads to rebirth in the arūpa heaven; which is not entirely free from distress, of which it has 八苦 eight forms. |
頞浮陀 see styles |
è fú tuó e4 fu2 tuo2 o fu t`o o fu to |
頞部陀 (or 頞部曇) Arbuda, cf. 阿, the first of the eight cold hells, where the cold raises tumours on the skin; also a foetus of twenty-seven days. |
頞瑟吒 頞瑟咤 see styles |
è sè zhà e4 se4 zha4 o se cha |
aṣṭan, eight, the eight divisions of the 24-hours day. |
首盧迦 首卢迦 see styles |
shǒu lú jiā shou3 lu2 jia1 shou lu chia |
(首盧 or首盧柯); 輸盧迦 (or 室盧迦 or輸盧迦波 or室盧迦波); 室路迦 śloka, a stanza of thirty-two syllables, either in four lines of eight each, or two of sixteen. |
龍華會 龙华会 see styles |
lóng huā huì long2 hua1 hui4 lung hua hui |
Maitreya's assembly under the 龍華樹 dragon-flower tree for preaching the Buddha-truth. The eight of the fourth moon has been so called, an occasion when the images are washed with fragrant water, in connection with the expected Messiah. |
にしては see styles |
nishiteha にしては |
(expression) for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone) |
ベスト８ see styles |
besutoeito; besuto eito / besutoeto; besuto eto ベストエイト; ベスト・エイト |
last eight (in a tournament) (wasei: best eight); quarterfinal round; quarterfinals |
七處八會 七处八会 see styles |
qī chù bā huì qi1 chu4 ba1 hui4 ch`i ch`u pa hui chi chu pa hui shichisho hachie |
The eight assemblies in seven different places, at which the sixty sections of the 華嚴經 Avataṃsaka-sūtra are said to have been preached; the same sutra in eighty sections is accredited to the 七處九會. 七處平等相 One of the thirty-two signs on the Budda's body—the perfection of feet, hands, shoulders, and head. |
七言律詩 七言律诗 see styles |
qī yán lǜ shī qi1 yan2 lu:4 shi1 ch`i yen lü shih chi yen lü shih shichigonrisshi しちごんりっし |
verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1lu:4]) poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters |
七難八苦 see styles |
shichinanhakku しちなんはっく |
(1) (yoji) {Buddh} the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains; (2) a series of disasters |
三摩鉢底 三摩钵底 see styles |
sān mó bō dǐ san1 mo2 bo1 di3 san mo po ti sanmapattei |
(or 三摩鉢提); 三摩拔提 (or 三摩跋提); 三摩越 samāpatti, attainment, arrival; defined by 等至 and 等持 which is intp. as complete dhyāna; similar to 三摩半那 samāpanna, attainment. Eitel says: "a degree of abstract ecstatic meditation preparatory to the final attainment of samādhi." Clough speaks of eight samāpattis, i.e. attainments— "eight successive states induced by the ecstatic meditation." v. also 三摩越. |
三歸五戒 三归五戒 see styles |
sān guī wǔ jiè san1 gui1 wu3 jie4 san kuei wu chieh sanki gokai |
(三歸戒) The ceremony which makes the recipient a 優婆塞 or 優婆夷 upasaka or upāsikā male or female disciple, accepting the five commandments. There are 五種三歸 five stages of sangui; the first two are as above, at the third the eight commandments are accepted, at the fourth the ten, at the fifth an the commandments. 三歸 is also a general term for a Buddhist. |
三覆八校 三复八校 see styles |
sān fù bā xiào san1 fu4 ba1 xiao4 san fu pa hsiao sanfuku hakkyō |
The three reports 三覆 and eight investigations 八校. Two angels, 同生 and 同名, observe each individual, the first a female at his right shoulder noting the evil deeds; the second, a male, at his left shoulder noting the good deeds; both report on high and in hades six times a month. Thus in each month there are 六齋 and in each year 三覆 and 八校. |
三輪世界 三轮世界 see styles |
sān lún shì jiè san1 lun2 shi4 jie4 san lun shih chieh sanrin sekai |
The three-wheel world, i.e. 風, 水, and 金輪. Every world is founded on a wheel of whirling wind; above this is one of water; above this is one of metal, on which its nine mountains and eight seas are formed. |
三途八難 三途八难 see styles |
sān tú bān án san1 tu2 ban1 an2 san t`u pan an san tu pan an sanzu hachinan |
three (painful) destinies and eight difficulties |
上下八諦 上下八谛 see styles |
shàng xià bā dì shang4 xia4 ba1 di4 shang hsia pa ti jōge hattai |
higher and lower eight truths |
世自在王 see styles |
shì zì zài wáng shi4 zi4 zai4 wang2 shih tzu tsai wang Seijizai ō |
Lokeśvararāja, 世饒王 a Buddha under whom Amitābha, in a previous existence, entered into the ascetic life and made his forty-eight vows. |
九三學社 九三学社 see styles |
jiǔ sān xué shè jiu3 san1 xue2 she4 chiu san hsüeh she |
Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP |
九十八使 see styles |
jiǔ shí bā shǐ jiu3 shi2 ba1 shi3 chiu shih pa shih kujūhasshi |
Also 九十八隨眠 The Hīnayāna ninety-eight tempters, or temptations, that follow men with all subtlety to induce laxity. They are the ninety-eight kleśas, or moral temptations in the realm of 見思 view and thought, or external and internal ideas. |
九山八海 see styles |
jiǔ shān bā hǎi jiu3 shan1 ba1 hai3 chiu shan pa hai kusan-hakkai |
The nine cakravāla, or concentric mountain ranges or continents, separated by eight seas, of a universe. The central mountain of the nine is Sumeru 須彌 and around it are the ranges Khadiraka 佶提羅, Īṣādhara 伊沙陀羅, Yugaṃdhara 遊乾陀羅, Sudarśaṇa 蘇達梨舍那, Aśvakarṇa 安濕縛竭拏, Nemiṃdhara 尼民陀羅, Vinataka 毘那多迦, Cakravāda 斫迦羅; v. 七金山. The Abhidharma Kośa gives a different order: Sumeru, Yugaṃdhara, Īṣādhara, Khadiraka, Sudarśana, Aśvakarṇa, Vinataka, Nemiṃdhara, with an "iron-wheel" mountain encompassing all; there are also differences in the detail. |
二八蕎麦 see styles |
nihachisoba にはちそば |
(See 蕎麦・そば・1) soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour |
二十八天 see styles |
èr shí bā tiān er4 shi2 ba1 tian1 erh shih pa t`ien erh shih pa tien nijūhatten |
The twenty-eight heavens, or devalokas: six of the desire-world 欲界, eighteen of the form-world 色界, and four arūpa or formless heavens 無色界. The heavens of the world of form are sixteen according to the 薩婆多部 Sarvāstivāda School, seventeen according to 經部 Sūtra School, and eighteen according to the 上座 Sthavirāḥ. |
二十八宿 see styles |
èr shí bā xiù er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4 erh shih pa hsiu nijuuhasshuku / nijuhasshuku にじゅうはっしゅく |
the twenty-eight constellations 28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions) The twenty-eight nakṣatras or constellations, divided into four mansions of seven each, referred to East, or Spring; South, Summer; West, Autumn; and North, Winter. The month-names derived from them differ slightly in form. E.: 角 Citrā, 亢 Niṣṭyā (or Svāti), 氏 Viśākhā, 房 Anurādhā, 心Rohiṇī, Jyeṣṭhaghnī (or Jyesthā), 尾 Mūlabarhaṇī (or Mūla), 箕 Pūrva-Aṣādha. N.: 斗 Uttara-Aṣāḍhā, 牛 Abhijit, 女Śravaṇā, 盧Śraviṣṭha (or Dhaniṣṭhā) 危Śatabhiṣā, 室 Pūrva-Proṣṭhapada, 壁 Uttara-Proṣṭhapada. W.: 奎 Revatī, 婁 Aśvayuj (or Aśvinī), 胃 Apabharaṇī (or Bharaṇī), 昴 Kṛttikā, 畢 Rohiṇī, 觜 Invakā (or Mṛgaśiras), 參 Bāhu (or Ārdrā). S.: 井 Punarvasu, 鬼 Tiṣya (or Puṣya), 柳 Aśleṣā, 星 Maghā, 張 Pūrva-Phalgunī, 翼 Uttara-Phalgunī, 軫 Hastā. |
二十八日 see styles |
nijuuhachinichi / nijuhachinichi にじゅうはちにち |
(1) twenty-eighth day of the month; (2) twenty-eight days |
二十八有 see styles |
èr shí bā yǒu er4 shi2 ba1 you3 erh shih pa yu nijūhachi u |
or 生The twenty-eight forms of existence, or birth. 二十九有 the twenty-ninth is the non-existent; v. 有. |
二十八生 see styles |
èr shí bā shēng er4 shi2 ba1 sheng1 erh shih pa sheng nijūhasshō |
twenty-eight forms of existence |
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. |
五三八二 see styles |
wǔ sān bā èr wu3 san1 ba1 er4 wu san pa erh go san hachi ni |
Five, three, eight, two, a summary of the tenets of the 法相 school, 五法, 三性, 八識, and 二無我 q. v. |
五八十具 see styles |
wǔ bā shí jù wu3 ba1 shi2 ju4 wu pa shih chü gohachijū gu |
All the five, eight, and ten commandments, i. e. the three groups of disciples, laity who keep the five and eight and monks who keep the ten. |
五十八戒 see styles |
wǔ shí bā jiè wu3 shi2 ba1 jie4 wu shih pa chieh gojūhachi kai |
fifty-eight precepts |
五十展轉 五十展转 see styles |
wǔ shí zhǎn zhuǎn wu3 shi2 zhan3 zhuan3 wu shih chan chuan gojū tenden |
The fiftieth turn, i. e. the great-ness of the bliss of one who hears the Lotus Sutra even at fiftieth hand: how much greater that of him who hears at first hamd ! 五十功德 idem 五十展轉 and 五十轉五十惡 The fifty evils produced by the five skandhas, i. e. 色 seventeen, 受 eight, 想 eight, 行 nine, 識 eight. |
五時八教 五时八教 see styles |
wǔ shí bā jiào wu3 shi2 ba1 jiao4 wu shih pa chiao gojihakkyou / gojihakkyo ごじはっきょう |
{Buddh} (See 五時教) division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect) A Tiantai classification of the Buddha's teaching into five periods and eight kinds of doctrine, which eight are subdivided into two groups of four each, 化儀四教 and 化法四教. |
五盛陰苦 五盛阴苦 see styles |
wǔ shèng yīn kǔ wu3 sheng4 yin1 ku3 wu sheng yin k`u wu sheng yin ku gosei in ku |
The mental and physical sufferings arising from the full-orbed activities of the skandhas 五陰, one of the eight sufferings; also 五陰盛 (五陰盛苦). |
五種三歸 五种三归 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng sān guī wu3 zhong3 san1 gui1 wu chung san kuei goshu sanki |
The five modes of trisarana, or formulas of trust in the Triratna, taken by those who (1) 翻邪 turn from heresy; (2) take the five commandments; (3) the eight commandments; (4) the ten commandments; (5) the complete commandments. |
五言律詩 see styles |
gogonrisshi ごごんりっし |
poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters |
僧戒八段 see styles |
sēng jiè bā duàn seng1 jie4 ba1 duan4 seng chieh pa tuan sōkaihachidan |
eight parts of the prātimokṣa |
優波婆娑 优波婆娑 see styles |
yōu bō pó suō you1 bo1 po2 suo1 yu po p`o so yu po po so uhabasha |
upavāsa, to dwell in, or by; fasting, abstinence; to keep eight of the ten prohibitions. |
光網童子 光网童子 see styles |
guāng wǎng tóng zǐ guang1 wang3 tong2 zi3 kuang wang t`ung tzu kuang wang tung tzu Kōmō dōji |
Jālinīprabhakumāra, 惹哩寧鉢囉婆倶摩羅; one of the eight attendants on Mañjuśrī; he is the youth with the shining net. |
入唐八家 see styles |
rù táng bā jiā ru4 tang2 ba1 jia1 ju t`ang pa chia ju tang pa chia nittouhakke / nittohakke にっとうはっけ |
(hist) (See 八家・2) the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei) The eight Japanese who came to China in the Tang dynasty and studied the 密教esoteric doctrine. |
八つ手網 see styles |
yatsudeami やつであみ |
eight-armed scoop net |
八つ目鏑 see styles |
yatsumekabura やつめかぶら |
(obscure) eight-holed arrow whistle |
八不中觀 八不中观 see styles |
bā bù zhòng guān ba1 bu4 zhong4 guan1 pa pu chung kuan happu chūkan |
See 八不正觀. |
八不中道 see styles |
bā bù zhòng dào ba1 bu4 zhong4 dao4 pa pu chung tao happu chūdō |
eight negations of the middle way |
八不可越 see styles |
bā bù kě yuè ba1 bu4 ke3 yue4 pa pu k`o yüeh pa pu ko yüeh hachi fukaotsu |
idem 八敬戒. |
八不思議 八不思议 see styles |
bā bù sī yì ba1 bu4 si1 yi4 pa pu ssu i hachi fushigi |
The eight inexpressibles, or things surpassing thought, i.e. eight qualities of the ocean (depth, extent, etc.) in illustration of nirvāṇa; v. 大海. |
八不正見 八不正见 see styles |
bā bù zhèng jiàn ba1 bu4 zheng4 jian4 pa pu cheng chien hachi fushō ken |
The teaching of the 大集經 26, on the eight incorrect views in regard to (1) 我見 the existence of a permanent ego; (2) 衆生見 the five skandhas as not the constituents of the living; (3)壽命見 fate, or determination of length of life; (4) 士夫見a creator; (5)常見 permanence; (6) 斷見 annihilation; (7) 有見 the reality of things; (8) 無見 their unreality. |
八不正觀 八不正观 see styles |
bā bù zhèng guān ba1 bu4 zheng4 guan1 pa pu cheng kuan happu shōkan |
Meditation on the eight negations 八不. These eight, birth, death, etc., are the 八迷 eight misleading ideas, or 八計 eight wrong calculations. No objection is made to the terms in the apparent, or relative, sense 俗諦, but in the real or absolute sense 眞諦 these eight ideas are incorrect, and the truth lies between them ; in the relative, mortality need not be denied, but in the absolute we cannot speak of mortality or immortality. In regard to the relative view, beings have apparent birth and apparent death from various causes, but are not really born and do not really die, i.e. there is the difference of appearance and reality. In the absolute there is no apparent birth and apparent death. The other three pairs are similarly studied. |
八不顯實 八不显实 see styles |
bā bù xiǎn shí ba1 bu4 xian3 shi2 pa pu hsien shih happu kenjitsu |
By the eight negations of the Mādhyamika doctrine, the true reality of things is shown. |
八事隨身 八事随身 see styles |
bā shì suí shēn ba1 shi4 sui2 shen1 pa shih sui shen hachiji zuishin |
The eight appurtenances of a monk - three garments, bowl, stool, filter, needle and thread, and chopper. |
八五三二 see styles |
bā wǔ sān èr ba1 wu3 san1 er4 pa wu san erh hachi go san ni |
The four special characteristics of the 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, i.e. 八識, 五法, 三性, and 二無我 q.v. |
八位胎藏 see styles |
bā wèi tāi zàng ba1 wei4 tai1 zang4 pa wei t`ai tsang pa wei tai tsang hachi i taizō |
The eight stages of the human foetus: 羯羅藍 kalala, the appearance after the first week from conception; 額部曇 arbuda, at end of second week; 閉尸 peśī, third; 健南 ghana, fourth; 鉢羅奢法 praśākhā, limbs formed during fifth week; sixth, hair, nails, and teeth; seventh, the organs of sense, eyes, ears, nose, and tongue; and eighth, complete formation. |
八功德水 see styles |
bā gōng dé shuǐ ba1 gong1 de2 shui3 pa kung te shui hachi kudoku sui |
waters with eight attributes |
八功德池 see styles |
bā gōng dé chí ba1 gong1 de2 chi2 pa kung te ch`ih pa kung te chih hachiku dokuchi |
pools of water with the eight attributes |
八十億劫 八十亿劫 see styles |
bā shí yì jié ba1 shi2 yi4 jie2 pa shih i chieh hachijū okukō |
eight billion eons |
八十八使 see styles |
bā shí bā shǐ ba1 shi2 ba1 shi3 pa shih pa shih hachijūhasshi |
eighty-eight declivities |
八咫の鏡 see styles |
yatanokagami やたのかがみ |
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia) |
八國聯軍 八国联军 see styles |
bā guó lián jun ba1 guo2 lian2 jun1 pa kuo lien chün |
Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900 |
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