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天龍 天龙 see styles |
tiān lóng tian1 long2 t`ien lung tien lung tenryuu / tenryu てんりゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Celestial Dragon / Tian LongDevas, including Brahma, Indra, and the devas, together with the nāgas. |
自然 see styles |
zì rán zi4 ran2 tzu jan jinen じねん |
More info & calligraphy: Nature(n,adv) (dated) occurring naturally (without human influence); (female given name) Minori svayaṃbhū, also 自爾; 法爾 self-existing, the self-existent; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and others; in Chinese it is 'self-so', so of itself, natural, of course, spontaneous. It also means uncaused existence, certain sects of heretics 自然外道 denying Buddhist cause and effect and holding that things happen spontaneously. |
因陀羅 因陀罗 see styles |
yīn tuó luó yin1 tuo2 luo2 yin t`o lo yin to lo Indara |
More info & calligraphy: IndraIndra, 因坻; 因提; 因提梨; 因達羅; 天帝; 天主帝; 帝釋天; originally a god of the atmosphere, i. e. of thunder and rain; idem Śakra; his symbol is the vajra, or thunderbolt, hence he is the 金剛手; he became 'lord of the gods of the sky', 'regent of the east quarter', 'popularly chief after Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, '(M.W.); in Buddhism he represents the secular power, and is inferior to a Buddhist saint. Cf. 忉利 and 印. |
梵 see styles |
fàn fan4 fan bon ぼん |
abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican (1) Brahman (ultimate reality of the universe in Hinduism); Brahma; (2) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (3) (abbreviation) (See 梵語) Sanskrit; (given name) Bon Brahman (from roots bṛh, vṛh, connected with bṛṃh, "religious devotion," "prayer," "a sacred text," or mantra, "the mystic syllable om"; "sacred learning," "the religious life," "the Supreme Being regarded as impersonal," "the Absolute," "the priestly or sacerdotal class," etc. M.W. Translit. |
梵天 see styles |
fàn tiān fan4 tian1 fan t`ien fan tien bonten; bonden ぼんてん; ぼんでん |
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator) (1) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (2) (See 御幣) large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); (3) buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); (4) down puff (on the end of an ear pick); (given name) Bonten Brahmadeva. Brahmā, the ruler of this world. India. brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of the realm of form, divided into four dhyāna regions (sixteen heavens in Southern Buddhism). The first three contain the 梵衆天 assembly of brahmadevas, i.e. the brahmakāyika; the 梵輔天 brahmspurohitas, retinue of Brahmā; and 大梵天 Mahābrahman, Brahman himself. |
劫 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh kou; gou; kou / ko; go; ko こう; ごう; コウ |
to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1] (1) (こう, ごう only) {Buddh} kalpa (eon, aeon); (2) (kana only) {go} (usu. コウ) ko; position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones 刧 A kalpa, aeon, age; also translit. ka; 'a fabulous period of time, a day of Brahmā or 1, 000 Yugas, a period of four hundred and thirty-two million years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; (a month of Brahmā is supposed to contain thirty such kalpas; according to the Mahābhārata twelve months of Brahmā constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of Brahmā are supposed to have elapsed... ).' M. W. An aeon of incalculable time, therefore called a 大時節 great time-node. v. 劫波.; The three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, the three countless aeons, the period of a bodhisattva's development; also the past 莊嚴劫, the present 賢劫, and the future 星宿劫 kalpas. There are other groups. 三劫三千佛 The thousand Buddhas in each of the three kalpas. |
戒 see styles |
jiè jie4 chieh kai; ingoto(ok) かい; いんごと(ok) |
to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing something; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) (1) (かい only) {Buddh} admonition; commandment; (2) sila (precept) śīla, 尸羅. Precept, command, prohibition, discipline, rule; morality. It is applied to the five, eight, ten, 250, and other commandments. The five are: (1) not to kill; (2 ) not to steal; (3) not to commit adultery; (4) not to speak falsely; (5) not to drink wine. These are the commands for lay disciples; those who observe them will be reborn in the human realm. The Sarvāstivādins did not sanction the observance of a limited selection from them as did the 成實宗 Satyasiddhi school. Each of the five precepts has five guardian spirits, in all twenty-five, 五戒二十五神. The eight for lay disciples are the above five together with Nos. 7, 8, and 9 of the following; the ten commands for the ordained, monks and nuns, are the above five with the following: (6) not to use adornments of flowers, nor perfumes; (7) not to perform as an actor, juggler, acrobat, or go to watch and hear them; (8) not to sit on elevated, broad, and large divans (or beds); (9) not to eat except in regulation hours; (10) not to possess money, gold or silver, or precious things. The 具足戒full commands for a monk number 250, those for a nun are 348, commonly called 500. Śīla is also the first of the 五分法身, i.e. a condition above all moral error. The Sutra of Brahma's Net has the following after the first five: (6) not to speak of the sins of those in orders; (7) not to vaunt self and depreciate others; (8) not to be avaricious; (9) not to be angry; (10) not to slander the triratna. |
三天 see styles |
sān tiān san1 tian1 san t`ien san tien santen; sanden さんてん; さんでん |
(1) {Buddh} the three deities (Marici, Mahakala, Sarasvati); (2) {Buddh} the three celestials (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma) The trimūrti— Śiva, Viṣṇu, and Brahmā. |
三寳 三宝 see styles |
sān bǎo san1 bao3 san pao sanbō |
Triratna, or Ratnatraya, i.e. the Three Precious Ones: 佛 Buddha, 法 Dharma, 儈 Saṅgha, i.e. Buddha, the Law, the Ecelesia or Order. Eitel suggests this trinity may be adapted from the Trimūrti, i.e, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Sīva. The Triratna takes many forms, e.g. the Trikāya 三身 q.v. There is also the Nepalese idea of a triple existence of each Buddha as a Nirvāṇa-Buddha, Dhyāni-Buddha, and Mānuṣi-Buddha; also the Tantric trinity of Vairocana as Nirvāṇa-Buddha, Locana according to Eitel "existing in reflex in the world of forms", and the human Buddha, Śākyamuni. There are other elaborated details known as the four and the six kinds of triratna 四 and 六種三寳, e.g. that the Triratna exists in each member of the trinity. The term has also been applied to the 三仙 q.v. Popularly the 三寳 are referred to the three images in the main hall of monasteries. The centre one is Śākyamuni, on his left Bhaiṣajya 藥師 and on his right Amitābha. There are other explanations, e.g. in some temples Amitābha is in the centre, Avalokiteśvara on his left, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta or Mañjuśrī on his right. Table of Triratna, Trikāya, and Trailokya: — DHARMASAṄGHABUDDHAEssential BodhiReflected BodhiPractical BodhiDhyāni BuddhaDhyāni BodhisattvaMānuṣī BuddhaDharmakāyaSambhogakāyaNirmāṇakāyaPurityCompletenessTransformations4th Buddha-kṣetra3rd Buddha-kṣetra1st and 2nd Buddha kṣetraArūpadhātuRūpadhātuKāmadhātu. |
三梵 see styles |
sān fàn san1 fan4 san fan sanbon |
The three Brahma heavens of the first dhyāna: that of 梵衆 Brahma-pāriṣadya, the assembly of Brahma; 梵輔 Brahma-purohitas, his attendants; 大梵 Mahābrahmā, Great Brahma. |
世主 see styles |
shì zhǔ shi4 zhu3 shih chu seshu |
(世主天) The Lord of the world, Brahmā; Maheśvara; also the four mahārājas 四天王; v. 梵天; 大自在天. |
二天 see styles |
èr tiān er4 tian1 erh t`ien erh tien niten にてん |
(place-name) Niten The two devas. (1) 日天 and 月天Sun-deva and Moon-deva. (2) 同生天A deva born simultaneously with the individual and 同名天 a deva with the same name as the individual; both devas have the duty of watching over the individual. (3) 梵天 and 帝釋天 Brahma and Indra. |
五乘 see styles |
wǔ shèng wu3 sheng4 wu sheng gojō |
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'. |
五障 see styles |
wǔ zhàng wu3 zhang4 wu chang goshou / gosho ごしょう |
(1) {Buddh} five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; (2) {Buddh} five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt) The five hindrances, or obstacles; also 五礙; 五雲. I. Of women, i. e. inability to become Brahma-kings, Indras, Māra-kings, Caikravarti-kings, or Buddhas. II. The hindrances to the five 五力 powers, i. e. (self-) deception a bar to faith, as sloth is to zeal, anger to remembrance, hatred to meditaton, and discontent to wisdom. III. The hindrances of (1) the passion-nature, e. g. original sin; (2) of karma caused in previous lives; (3) the affairs of life; (4) no friendly or competent preceptor; (5) partial knowledge. |
冥衆 冥众 see styles |
míng zhòng ming2 zhong4 ming chung meishu |
The invisible powers-Brahmā, Śakra, Yama; the spirits in general. |
四姓 see styles |
sì xìng si4 xing4 ssu hsing shisei / shise しせい |
(1) the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan); (2) (See ヴァルナ) varna (each of the four Hindu castes) The four Indian 'clans' or castes— brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra, i. e. (1) priestly, (2) military and ruling, (3) farmers and traders, and (4) serfs; born respectively from the mouth, shoulders, flanks, and feet of Brahma. |
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'. |
大梵 see styles |
dà fàn da4 fan4 ta fan daibon |
Mahābrāhmaṇas; the third Brahmaloka, the third region of the first dhyāna. Mahābrahman; the great Brahma, 大梵天; it is also a title of one of the six Guanyin of the Tiantai sect. |
天口 see styles |
tiān kǒu tian1 kou3 t`ien k`ou tien kou amaguchi あまぐち |
(surname) Amaguchi The mouth of Brahma, or the gods, a synonym for fire, as that element devours the offerings; to this the 護摩 homa, or fire altar cult is attributed, fire becoming the object of worship for good fortune. Fire is also said to speak for or tell the will of the gods. |
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. |
天神 see styles |
tiān shén tian1 shen2 t`ien shen tien shen tenjin てんじん |
god; deity (1) (also pronounced てんしん) heavenly god; heavenly gods; (2) spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; (3) (See 天満宮) Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); (4) (colloquialism) (See 梅干し) pit of a dried plum; dried plum; (5) (abbreviation) (See 天神髷) tenjin hairstyle; (6) prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); (7) (See 転軫) tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen); (place-name, surname) Tenjin deva 提婆 or devatā 泥縛多. (1) Brahma and the gods in general, including the inhabitants of the devalokas, all subject to metem-psychosis. (2) The fifteenth patriarch, a native of South India, or Ceylon and disciple of Nāgārjuna; he is also styled Devabodhisattva 提婆菩薩, Āryadeva 聖天, and Nilanetra 靑目 blue-eyed, or 分別明 clear discriminator. He was the author of nine works and a famous antagonist of Brahmanism. |
天衆 天众 see styles |
tiān zhòng tian1 zhong4 t`ien chung tien chung tenshu; tenju; tenshuu / tenshu; tenju; tenshu てんしゅ; てんじゅ; てんしゅう |
{Buddh} deva; celestial being The host of heaven, Brahma, Indra, and all their host. |
尸棄 尸弃 see styles |
shī qì shi1 qi4 shih ch`i shih chi Shiki |
Śikhin, 式棄; 式詰; 尸棄那 (or 尸棄佛); 罽那尸棄; crested, or a fame; explained by 火 fire; 刺那尸棄 Ratnaśikhin occurs in the Abhidharma. In the 本行經 it is 螺髻 a shell like tuft of hair. (1) The 999th Buddha of the last kalpa, whom Śākyamuni is said to have met. (2) The second of the seven Buddhas of antiquity, born in Prabhadvaja 光相城 as a Kṣatriya. (3) A Maha-brahma, whose name Śikhin is defined as 頂髻 or 火災頂 having a flaming tuft on his head; connected with the world-destruction by fire. The Fanyimingyi 翻譯名義 describes Śikhin as 火 or 火首 fame, or a flaming head and as the god of fire, styled also 樹提 Suddha, pure; he observed the 火定 Fire Dhyāna, broke the lures of the realm of desire, and followed virtue. |
忍迹 see styles |
rěn jī ren3 ji1 jen chi ninshaku |
Brahmā Sahaṃpati |
思益 see styles |
sī yì si1 yi4 ssu i Shieki |
Viśeṣa-cinti-brahma |
梵世 see styles |
fàn shì fan4 shi4 fan shih bonse |
the Brahmā world |
梵住 see styles |
fàn zhù fan4 zhu4 fan chu bonjū |
abode of Brahma |
梵壇 梵坛 see styles |
fàn tán fan4 tan2 fan t`an fan tan bondan |
or 梵怛 brahmadaṇda, brahma-staff 梵杖, the brahma (i.e. religious) punishment (stick), but the derivation is uncertain; the explanation is "to send to Coventry" a recalcitrant monk, the forbidding of any conversation with him, called also 默擯 exclusion to silence. |
梵字 see styles |
fàn zì fan4 zi4 fan tzu bonji ぼんじ |
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham); (given name) Bonji Brahma letters; saṃskṛtam; Sanskrit: also梵書 The classical Aryan language of India, systematized by scholars, in contradistinction to prākrit, representing the languages as ordinarily spoken. With the exception of a few ancient translations probably from Pali versions, most of the original texts used in China were Sanskrit. Various alphabets have been introduced into China for transliterating Indian texts, the devanāgarī alphabet, which was introduced via Tibet, is still used on charms and in sorcery. Pali is considered by some Chinese writers to be more ancient than Sanskrit both as a written and spoken language. |
梵宮 梵宫 see styles |
fàn gōng fan4 gong1 fan kung bongū |
The realm of Brahmā; the first dhyāna heaven of the realm of form.; Brahmā's palace; a Buddhist temple. |
梵尊 see styles |
fàn zūn fan4 zun1 fan tsun Bonson |
Brahmā the supreme one |
梵延 see styles |
fàn yán fan4 yan2 fan yen Bon En |
Brahmā and Nārāyaṇa. |
梵德 see styles |
fàn dé fan4 de2 fan te bontoku |
The power, or bliss, of Brahmā. |
梵怛 see styles |
fàn dá fan4 da2 fan ta bon tan |
brahma-staff |
梵摩 see styles |
fàn mó fan4 mo2 fan mo bonma |
Brahmā; brahman, etc., v. 梵; 梵天, etc.; 梵覽摩 or 梵覽磨; 勃?摩; 婆羅賀摩; 沒羅憾摩; intp. as Brahmā, see 梵天; and brahman, or priest; it is used both in a noble and ignoble sense, ignoble when disparaging brahman opposition; it is intp. by 淨 pure, also by 離欲淸淨 celibate and pure. |
梵杖 see styles |
fàn zhàng fan4 zhang4 fan chang bon jō |
brahma-staff |
梵樂 梵乐 see styles |
fàn lè fan4 le4 fan le bonraku |
bliss of the Brahma heaven |
梵殿 see styles |
fàn diàn fan4 dian4 fan tien bonten |
Brahma palace |
梵王 see styles |
fàn wáng fan4 wang2 fan wang Bonō |
Brahmā, cf. 梵天. The father of all living beings; the first person of the Brahminical trimūrti, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, recognized by Buddhism as devas but as inferior to a Buddha, or enlightened man. |
梵界 see styles |
fàn jiè fan4 jie4 fan chieh bonkai |
Brahma's realm |
梵網 梵网 see styles |
fàn wǎng fan4 wang3 fan wang bonmō |
Brahmajāla; Brahma-net. |
梵語 梵语 see styles |
fàn yǔ fan4 yu3 fan yü bongo ぼんご |
Sanskrit (language) (See サンスクリット語) Sanskrit Brahma language, Sanskrit, the Sanskrit alphabet; 'the language of India'; supposed to come from Brahmā. |
梵輔 梵辅 see styles |
fàn fǔ fan4 fu3 fan fu bonbu |
ministers of Brahmā |
梵輪 梵轮 see styles |
fàn lún fan4 lun2 fan lun bonrin |
The brahma-wheel, the wheel of the law, or pure preaching of the Buddha; his four梵行 v. 四無量心; the first sermon at the request of Brahma; the doctrine or preaching of the Brahmans. |
梵釋 梵释 see styles |
fàn shì fan4 shi4 fan shih Bon Shaku |
Brahmā, the lord of the form-realm, and Śakra of the desire-realm. |
梵音 see styles |
fàn yīn fan4 yin1 fan yin bonnon |
(1) Brahma voice, clear, melodious, pure, deep, far-reaching, one of the thirty-two marks of a Buddha. (2) Singing in praise of Buddha. |
梵魔 see styles |
fàn mó fan4 mo2 fan mo Bon Ma |
Brahmā and Māra, the former lord of the realm of form, the latter of desire or passion. |
淨珠 see styles |
jìng zhū jing4 zhu1 ching chu jōshu |
(Skt. brahma-maṇi) |
神通 see styles |
shén tōng shen2 tong1 shen t`ung shen tung jinzuu / jinzu じんづう |
remarkable ability; magical power (place-name) Jinzuu (神通力) Ubiquitous supernatural power, especially of a Buddha, his ten powers including power to shake the earth, to issue light from his pores, extend his tongue to the Brahma-heavens effulgent with light, cause divine flowers, etc., to rain from the sky, be omnipresent, and other powers. Supernatural powers of eye, ear, body, mind, etc. |
聖福 圣福 see styles |
shèng fú sheng4 fu2 sheng fu shōfuku |
Holy happiness, that of Buddhism, in contrast with 梵福 that of Brahma and Brahmanism. |
螺髻 see styles |
luó jì luo2 ji4 lo chi rakei |
spiral coil (in hairdressing) Tuft of hair on Brahmā's head resembling a conch, hence a name for Brahmā. |
逝宮 逝宫 see styles |
shì gōng shi4 gong1 shih kung seigū |
The transient mansions of Brahmā and of men. Astronomical 'mansions'. |
釋梵 释梵 see styles |
shì fàn shi4 fan4 shih fan shakubon |
Indra and Brahma, both protectors of Buddhism. |
阿吽 see styles |
ā hóng a1 hong2 a hung aun あうん |
(1) (kana only) Om (san:); Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; (2) inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega ahūṃ, the supposed foundation of all sounds and writing, 'a' being the open and 'hūṃ' the closed sound. 'A' is the seed of Vairocana, 'hūṃ' that of Vajrasattva, and both have other indications. 'A' represents the absolute, 'hūṃ' the particular, or phenomenal. |
阿歐 阿欧 see styles |
ā ōu a1 ou1 a ou aō |
au! An exclamation, e.g. Ho! Oh! Ah! Also 阿傴; 阿嘔; 阿漚 or 阿優. The two letters a and u fell from the comers of Brahmā's mouth when he gave the seventy-two letters of Kharoṣṭhī, and they are said to be placed at the beginning of the Brahminical sacred books as divine letters, the Buddhists adopting 如是 'Thus' (evam) instead. |
饒王 饶王 see styles |
ráo wáng rao2 wang2 jao wang |
(饒王佛) Lokeśvara, 'the lord or ruler of the world; N. of a Buddha' (M.W.); probably a development of the idea of Brahmā, Viṣṇu or Śiva as lokanātha, 'lord of worlds.' In Indo-China especially it refers to Avalokiteśvara, whose image or face, in masculine form, is frequently seen, e.g. at Angkor. Also 世饒王佛. It is to Lokeśvara that Amitābha announces his forty-eight vows. |
魔梵 see styles |
mó fàn mo2 fan4 mo fan |
Māra and Brahmā; i.e. Māra, lord of the sixth desire-heaven, and Brahmā, lord of the heavens of form. |
アウン see styles |
aun アウン |
(1) (kana only) Om (san:); Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; (2) inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega |
ブラマ see styles |
burama ブラマ |
Brahma (chicken breed) |
八臂天 see styles |
bā bì tiān ba1 bi4 tian1 pa pi t`ien pa pi tien hachipi ten |
The eight-arm deva; an epithet of Brahma as Nārāyaṇadeva 那羅延天 creator of men. |
六觀音 六观音 see styles |
liù guān yīn liu4 guan1 yin1 liu kuan yin Rokkannon |
The six kinds of Guanyin. There are two groups— I. That of Tiantai: 大悲 most pitiful; 大慈 most merciful; 師子無畏 of lion-courage; 大光普照 of universal light; 天人丈夫 leader amongst gods and men; 大梵深遠 the great omnipresent Brahma. Each of this bodhisattva's six qualities of pity, etc., breaks the hindrances 三障 respectively of the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and devas. II. As thousand-handed; the holy one; horseheaded; eleven-faced; Cundī (or Marīci); with the wheel of sovereign power. |
十二天 see styles |
shí èr tiān shi2 er4 tian1 shih erh t`ien shih erh tien juuniten / juniten じゅうにてん |
twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect); (place-name) Jūniten The twelve devas (especially of the Shingon sect): Brahmā; the deva of earth; of the moon; of the sun; Indra; of fire; Yama; of the rakṣas (or demons); of water; of wind; Vaiśramaṇa (wealth); and Maheśvara (Śiva). Also 十二大天衆. |
十八梵 see styles |
shí bā fàn shi2 ba1 fan4 shih pa fan jūhachi bon |
eighteen Brahmā heavens |
大梵天 see styles |
dà fàn tiān da4 fan4 tian1 ta fan t`ien ta fan tien Daibon ten |
Mahābrahman; Brahma; 跋羅吸摩; 波羅賀磨; 梵覽摩; 梵天王; 梵王; 梵. Eitel says: "The first person of the Brahminical Trimūrti, adopted by Buddhism, but placed in an inferior position, being looked upon not as Creator, but as a transitory devatā whom every Buddhistic saint surpasses on obtaining bodhi. Notwithstanding this, the Saddharma-puṇḍarīka calls Brahma 'the father of all living beings'" 一切衆生之父. Mahābrahman is the unborn or uncreated ruler over all, especially according to Buddhism over all the heavens of form, i.e. of mortality. He rules over these heavens, which are of threefold form: (a) Brahma (lord), (b) Brahma-purohitas (ministers), and (c) Brahma-pāriṣadyāh (people). His heavens are also known as the middle dhyāna heavens, i.e. between the first and second dhyānas. He is often represented on the right of the Buddha. According to Chinese accounts the Hindus speak of him (1) as born of Nārāyaṇa, from Brahma's mouth sprang the brahmans, from his arms the kṣatriyas, from his thighs the vaiśyas, and from his feet the śūdras; (2) as born from Viṣṇu; (3) as a trimūrti, evidently that of Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but Buddhists define Mahābrahma's dharmakāya as Maheśvara (Śiva), his saṃbhogakāya as Nārāyaṇa, and his nirmāṇakāya as Brahmā. He is depicted as riding on a swan, or drawn by swans. |
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. |
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. |
妙音天 see styles |
miào yīn tiān miao4 yin1 tian1 miao yin t`ien miao yin tien Myōon Ten |
(妙音樂天) Sarasvatī, the wife or female energy of Brahmā. Also called 辨才天 (辨才天女) Jap. Benzaiten, or Benten; goddess of eloquence, learning, and music, bestower of the Sanskrit language and letters, and the bestower of 財 riches; also the river goddess. Sometimes considered as masculine. Honoured among the seven gods of luck, and often represented as mounted on a dragon or a serpent. |
婆羅門 婆罗门 see styles |
pó luó mén po2 luo2 men2 p`o lo men po lo men baramon; baramon; buraaman / baramon; baramon; buraman ばらもん; バラモン; ブラーマン |
Brahmin (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (kana only) Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste) (san: brahmana); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) Brahmanism; priest of Brahmanism 跋濫摩; 沒囉憾摩 Brāhmaṇa; Brāhmanical; Brāhman; 淨行; 婆志 of pure life or mind; the highest of the four castes, those who serve Brahma, his offspring, the keepers of the Vedas. |
微瑟紐 微瑟纽 see styles |
wēi sè niǔ wei1 se4 niu3 wei se niu Mishichijū |
Viṣṇu, also 毘瑟紐 (or 毘瑟笯 or 毘瑟怒); 毘紐; 毘搜紐 (or 毘痩紐); 韋紐; the second in the Trimūrti, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva; the 'preserver', and all-pervading, or encompassing; identified with Nārāyaṇa-deva. |
思益經 思益经 see styles |
sī yì jīng si1 yi4 jing1 ssu i ching Shieki kyō |
Sūtra of the Questions of Viśeṣa-cinti-brahma |
悉曇章 悉昙章 see styles |
xī tán zhāng xi1 tan2 zhang1 hsi t`an chang hsi tan chang shittan shō |
siddhavastu, the first of twelve chapters of a syllabary attributed to Brahmā, originating the thirty-six letters of the alphabet, later said to be expanded to as many as fifty-two. |
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. |
梵世天 see styles |
fàn shì tiān fan4 shi4 tian1 fan shih t`ien fan shih tien bon seten |
brahma-heaven of form |
梵世界 see styles |
fàn shì jiè fan4 shi4 jie4 fan shih chieh bon sekai |
The brahmaloka of the realm of form; also 梵世天. |
梵世間 梵世间 see styles |
fàn shì jiān fan4 shi4 jian1 fan shih chien bon seken |
brahma-world |
梵天后 see styles |
fàn tiān hòu fan4 tian1 hou4 fan t`ien hou fan tien hou Bon Tengō |
The queen, or wife of Brahmā. |
梵天王 see styles |
fàn tiān wáng fan4 tian1 wang2 fan t`ien wang fan tien wang bontenou; bontennou / bonteno; bontenno ぼんてんおう; ぼんてんのう |
(rare) (See 梵天・1) Brahma (Hindu creator god) Brahmā v. above, and cf. 梵王. 梵天界 His realm. |
梵富樓 梵富楼 see styles |
fàn fù lóu fan4 fu4 lou2 fan fu lou bonfuro |
brahmapurohita, the ministers, or assistants of Brahmā; the second brahmaloka; the second region of the first dhyāna heaven of form. Also梵輔. |
梵摩尼 see styles |
fàn mó ní fan4 mo2 ni2 fan mo ni bon mani |
Brahma-maṇi, pure pearl, or the magic pearl of Brahmā. |
梵摩羅 梵摩罗 see styles |
fàn mó luó fan4 mo2 luo2 fan mo lo Bonmara |
Brahman, i.e. Brahmā; or Brahmā and Māra; or both as one. |
梵王宮 梵王宫 see styles |
fàn wáng gōng fan4 wang2 gong1 fan wang kung Bonnō gū |
The palace of Brahmā. |
梵網宗 梵网宗 see styles |
fàn wǎng zōng fan4 wang3 zong1 fan wang tsung Bonmōshū |
The sect of Ritsu 律宗, brought into Japan by the Chinese monk 鑑眞 Chien-chen in A.D. 754. |
梵網經 梵网经 see styles |
fàn wǎng jīng fan4 wang3 jing1 fan wang ching Bonmō kyō |
Brahmajāla Sutra, tr. by Kumārajīva A.D. 406, the infinitude of worlds being as the eyes or holes in Indra's net, which is all-embracing, like the Buddha's teaching. There are many treatises on it. |
梵色界 see styles |
fàn sè jiè fan4 se4 jie4 fan se chieh bonshiki kai |
the Brahmā world |
梵衆天 梵众天 see styles |
fàn zhòng tiān fan4 zhong4 tian1 fan chung t`ien fan chung tien bonshu ten |
brahmapāriṣadya (or brahmapārṣadya), belonging to the retinue of Brahmā; the first brahmaloka; the first region of the first dhyāna heaven of form. |
梵覽磨 梵览磨 see styles |
fàn lǎn mó fan4 lan3 mo2 fan lan mo bonranma |
Brahmā |
梵身天 see styles |
fàn shēn tiān fan4 shen1 tian1 fan shen t`ien fan shen tien bonshin ten |
The brahmakāyika, or retinue of Brahma. |
梵輔天 梵辅天 see styles |
fàn fǔ tiān fan4 fu3 tian1 fan fu t`ien fan fu tien bonho ten |
Heaven of the Attendants and Ministers of Brahmā |
梵迦夷 see styles |
fàn jiā yí fan4 jia1 yi2 fan chia i bonkai |
brahmakāyikas; the Brahma-devas; v. 梵天. |
梵鐘樓 梵钟楼 see styles |
fàn zhōng lóu fan4 zhong1 lou2 fan chung lou bonshō rō |
Brahma Bell Pavilion |
梵面佛 see styles |
fàn miàn fó fan4 mian4 fo2 fan mien fo bonmen butsu |
A Buddha with Brahma's face, said to be 23,000 years old. |
毘伽羅 毘伽罗 see styles |
pí qié luó pi2 qie2 luo2 p`i ch`ieh lo pi chieh lo bigara |
vyākaraṇa, grammatical analysis, grammar; 'formal prophecy,' Keith; tr. 聲明記論 which may be intp. as a record and discussion to make clear the sounds; in other words, a grammar, or sūtras to reveal right forms of speech; said to have been first given by Brahmā in a million stanzas, abridged by Indra to 100,000, by Pāṇini to 8,000, and later reduced by him to 300. Also 毘耶羯剌諵; 毘何羯唎拏; in the form of 和伽羅 Vyākaraṇas q. v. it is prediction. |
波羅赴 波罗赴 see styles |
bō luó fù bo1 luo2 fu4 po lo fu Harafu |
Prabhu, 鉢唎部 surpassing, powerful; a title of Viṣṇu 'as personification of the sun', of Brahmā, Śiva, Indra, etc. prabhū, come into being, originate, original. |
淨梵王 净梵王 see styles |
jìng fàn wáng jing4 fan4 wang2 ching fan wang Jōbonnō |
Brahmā, as the pure divine ruler. Also淨飯王 q.v. |
禪梵天 禅梵天 see styles |
chán fàn tiān chan2 fan4 tian1 ch`an fan t`ien chan fan tien zen bonten |
The three brahmaloka heavens of the first dhyāna; cf. 禪. |
螺髻梵 see styles |
luó jì fàn luo2 ji4 fan4 lo chi fan rakei bon |
(螺髻梵志) A name for Brahmā, and for the Buddha. |
辯才天 辩才天 see styles |
biàn cái tiān bian4 cai2 tian1 pien ts`ai t`ien pien tsai tien Benzai ten べんざいてん |
Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma) (out-dated kanji) (Buddhist term) Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water Sarasvatī, goddess of speech and learning, v. 大辯才天. |
造書天 造书天 see styles |
zào shū tiān zao4 shu1 tian1 tsao shu t`ien tsao shu tien Zōsho Ten |
The deva-creator of writing, Brahmā. |
那羅延 那罗延 see styles |
nà luó yán na4 luo2 yan2 na lo yen Naraen |
(那羅延那); 那羅野拏 Nārāyaṇa, 'son of Nara or the original man, patronymic of the personified Purusha or first living being, author of the Purusha hymn,' M. W. He is also identified with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa; intp. by 人生本 the originator of human life; 堅固 firm and stable; 力士 or 天界力士 hero of divine power; and 金剛 vajra; the term is used adjectivally with the meaning of manly and strong. Nārāyaṇa is represented with three faces, of greenish-yellow colour, right hand with a wheel, riding a garuḍa-bird. |
鉢唎部 钵唎部 see styles |
bō lì bù bo1 li4 bu4 po li pu haribu |
prabhu, mighty, intp. by 自在 sovereign, a title of Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and others. |
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