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十恩

see styles
shí ēn
    shi2 en1
shih en
 jūon
Ten kinds of the Buddha's grace: his (1) initial resolve to universalize (his salvation); (2) self-sacrifice (in previous lives); (3) complete altruism; (4) his descent into all the six states of existence for their salvation; (5) relief of the living from distress and mortality; (6) profound pity; (7) revelation of himself in human and glorified form; (8) teaching in accordance with the capacity of his hearers, first hīnayāna, then māhayāna doctrine; (9) revealing his nirvāṇa to stimulate his disciples; (10) pitying thought for all creatures, in that dying at 80 instead of at 100 he left twenty years of his own happiness to his disciples; and also the tripiṭaka for universal salvation.

半年

see styles
bàn nián
    ban4 nian2
pan nien
 hantoshi(p); hannen(p)
    はんとし(P); はんねん(P)
half a year
(n,adv) half a year; six months

半超

see styles
bàn chāo
    ban4 chao1
pan ch`ao
    pan chao
 hanchō
A deva who by devotion advances by leaps, escaping from one to thirteen of the sixteen heavens of form.

南涼


南凉

see styles
nán liáng
    nan2 liang2
nan liang
Southern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (397-414)

南燕

see styles
nán yān
    nan2 yan1
nan yen
Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410)

南行

see styles
nán xíng
    nan2 xing2
nan hsing
 nangyou / nangyo
    なんぎょう
(n,vs,adj-no) going south; heading southward; (place-name) Nangyou
dakṣiṇāyana. The course or declination of the sun to the south it moves from north to south; a period of six months.

双調

see styles
 soujou / sojo
    そうじょう
(1) {music} (See 十二律,仲呂・1) (in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); (2) {music} (See 六調子) sōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

受者

see styles
shòu zhě
    shou4 zhe3
shou che
 jusha
A recipient (e. g. of the rules). The illusory view that the ego will receive reward or punishment in a future life, one of the sixteen false views.

合従

see styles
 gasshou / gassho
    がっしょう
(noun/participle) (See 秦,連衡,六国・1) alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty)

吾妻

see styles
 wagatsuma
    わがつま
(1) (archaism) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces; (2) (archaism) east; (3) (abbreviation) six-stringed Japanese zither; (4) my spouse; (surname) Wagatsuma

吾嬬

see styles
 azuma
    あずま
(1) (archaism) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces; (2) (archaism) east; (3) (abbreviation) six-stringed Japanese zither; (4) my spouse; (surname) Azuma

味塵


味尘

see styles
wèi chén
    wei4 chen2
wei ch`en
    wei chen
 mijin
Taste-dust, one of the six 'particles' which form the material or medium of sensation.

和琴

see styles
 wakoto
    わこと
wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither; (f,p) Wakoto

唐書


唐书

see styles
táng shū
    tang2 shu1
t`ang shu
    tang shu
same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

唐櫃

see styles
 karato
    からと
six-legged Chinese-style chest; (place-name, surname) Karato

問名


问名

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wèn míng
    wen4 ming2
wen ming
to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride; one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family

四王

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sì wáng
    si4 wang2
ssu wang
 shiou / shio
    しおう
(place-name) Shiou
(四王天) catur-mahārāja-kāyikās, the four heavens of the four deva-kings, i. e. the lowest of the six heavens of desire; v. 四天王.

四禪


四禅

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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'.

圓教


圆教

see styles
yuán jiào
    yuan2 jiao4
yüan chiao
 engyō
The complete, perfect, or comprehensive doctrine; the school or sect of Mahāyāna which represents it. The term has had three references. The first was by 光統 Guangtong of the Later Wei, sixth century, who defined three schools, 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 inclusive or complete. The Tiantai called its fourth section the inclusive, complete, or perfect teaching 圓, the other three being 三藏 Hīnayāna, 通 Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna, 別 Mahāyāna. The Huayan so called its fifth section, i.e. 小乘; 大乘始; 大乘終; 頓 and 圓. It is the Tiantai version that is in general acceptance, defined as a perfect whole and as complete in its parts; for the whole is the absolute and its parts are therefore the absolute; the two may be called noumenon and phenomenon, or 空 and 假 (or 俗), but in reality they are one, i.e. the 中 medial condition. To conceive these three as a whole is the Tiantai inclusive or 'perfect' doctrine. The Huayan 'perfect' doctrine also taught that unity and differentiation, or absolute and relative, were one, a similar doctrine to that of the identity of contraries. In Tiantai teaching the harmony is due to its underlying unity; its completeness to the permeation of this unity in all phenomena; these two are united in the medial 中 principle; to comprehend these three principles at one and the same time is the complete, all-containing, or 'perfect' doctrine of Tiantai. There are other definitions of the all-inclusive doctrine, e.g. the eight complete things, complete in teaching, principles, knowledge, etc. 圓教四門 v. 四門.

地大

see styles
dì dà
    di4 da4
ti ta
 chihiro
    ちひろ
(personal name) Chihiro
Earth as one of the 四大 four elements, 地 earth, 水大 water, 火大 fire, and 風大 air (i. e. air in motion, wind); to these 空大 space (Skt. ākāśa) is added to make the 五大 five elements; 識 vijñāna, perception to make the six elements; and 見 darśana, views, concepts, or reasonings to make the seven elements. The esoteric sect use the five fingers, beginning with the little finger, to symbolize the five elements.

地藏

see styles
dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

塵境


尘境

see styles
chén jìng
    chen2 jing4
ch`en ching
    chen ching
 jinkyō
The environment of the six guṇas or qualities of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and thought.

塵欲


尘欲

see styles
chén yù
    chen2 yu4
ch`en yü
    chen yü
 jinyoku
The desires connected with the six guṇas.

塵綱


尘纲

see styles
chén gāng
    chen2 gang1
ch`en kang
    chen kang
 jinkō
The net of the six guṇas, i.e. those connected with the six senses.

塵緣


尘缘

see styles
chén yuán
    chen2 yuan2
ch`en yüan
    chen yüan
 jinen
The circumstances or conditions environing the mind created by the six guṇas.

塵鄕


尘鄕

see styles
chén xiāng
    chen2 xiang1
ch`en hsiang
    chen hsiang
 jinkyō
The native place or home of the six guṇas, i.e that of transmigration.

外塵


外尘

see styles
wài chén
    wai4 chen2
wai ch`en
    wai chen
 gai jin
The external objects of the six internal senses.

外道

see styles
wài dào
    wai4 dao4
wai tao
 gedou / gedo
    げどう
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō
Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental.

大教

see styles
dà jiào
    da4 jiao4
ta chiao
 daikyō
The great teaching. (1) That of the Buddha. (2) Tantrayāna. The mahātantra, yoga, yogacarya, or tantra school which claims Samantabhadra as its founder. It aims at ecstatic union of the individual soul with the world soul, Iśvara. From this result the eight great powers of Siddhi (aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi), namely, ability to (1) make one's body lighter (laghiman); (2) heavier (gaiman); (3) smaller (aṇiman); (4) larger (mahiman) than anything in the world ; (5) reach any place (prāpti) ; (6) assume any shape (prākāmya) ; (7) control all natural laws (īśitva) ; (8) make everything depend upon oneself; all at will (v.如意身 and 神足). By means of mystic formulas (Tantras or dhāraṇīs), or spells (mantras), accompanied by music and manipulation of the hands (mūdra), a state of mental fixity characterized neither by thought nor the annihilation of thought, can be reached. This consists of six-fold bodily and mental happiness (yoga), and from this results power to work miracles. Asaṅga compiled his mystic doctrines circa A.D. 500. The system was introduced into China A.D. 647 by Xuanzang's translation of the Yogācārya-bhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論 ; v. 瑜. On the basis of this, Amoghavajra established the Chinese branch of the school A.D. 720 ; v. 阿目. This was popularized by the labours of Vajrabodhi A.D. 732 ; v. 金剛智.

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.

大通

see styles
dà tōng
    da4 tong1
ta t`ung
    ta tung
 daitsuu / daitsu
    だいつう
Datong, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2nan2 Shi4], Anhui; Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1ning2], Qinghai
(surname) Daitsuu
大通智勝 Mahābhijñā Jñānābhibhu. The great Buddha of supreme penetraton and wisdom. "A fabulous Buddha whose realm was Sambhava, his kalpa Mahārūpa. Having spent ten middling kalpas in ecstatic meditation he became a Buddha, and retired again in meditation for 84,000 kalpas, during which his sixteen sons continued (as Buddhas) his preaching. Incarnations of his sons are," Akṣobhya, Merukūṭa, Siṃhaghoṣa, Siṃhadhvaja, Ākāśapratiṣṭhita, Nityapaṛvrtta, Indradhvaja, Brahmadhvaja, Amitābha, Sarvalokadhātū- padravodvegapratyuttīrna, Tamāla-patra-candanagandha, Merukalpa, Meghasvara, Meghasvararāja, Sarvaloka-bhayastambhitatva- vidhvaṃsanakāra, and Śākyamuni; v. Eitel. He is said to have lived in a kalpa earlier than the present by kalpas as numerous as the atoms of a chiliocosm. Amitābha is his ninth son. Śākyamuni his sixteenth, and the present 大衆 or assembly of believers are said to be the reincarnation of those who were his disciples in that former aeon; v. Lotus Sutra, chapter 7.

天一

see styles
 tenitsu
    てんいつ
(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

天乘

see styles
tiān shèng
    tian1 sheng4
t`ien sheng
    tien sheng
 tenjō
devayāna. The deva vehicle— one of the 五乘 five vehicles; it transports observers of the ten good qualities 十喜 to one of the six deva realms of desire, and those who observe dhyāna meditation to the higher heavens of form and non-form.

天子

see styles
tiān zǐ
    tian1 zi3
t`ien tzu
    tien tzu
 yoshiko
    よしこ
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.

天宮


天宫

see styles
tiān gōng
    tian1 gong1
t`ien kung
    tien kung
 amemiya
    あめみや
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.

天親


天亲

see styles
tiān qīn
    tian1 qin1
t`ien ch`in
    tien chin
 amachika
    あまちか
one's flesh and blood
(surname) Amachika
Vasubandhu, 伐蘇畔度; 婆藪槃豆 (or 婆修槃豆) (or 婆修槃陀) 'akin to the gods ', or 世親 'akin to the world'. Vasubandhu is described as a native of Puruṣapura, or Peshawar, by Eitel as of Rājagriha, born '900 years after the nirvana', or about A. D. 400; Takakusu suggests 420-500, Peri puts his death not later than 350. In Eitel's day the date of his death was put definitely at A. D. 117. Vasubandhu's great work, the Abhidharmakośa, is only one of his thirty-six works. He is said to be the younger brother of Asaṅga of the Yogācāra school, by whom he was converted from the Sarvāstivāda school of thought to that of Mahāyāna and of Nāgārjuna. On his conversion he would have 'cut out his tongue' for its past heresy, but was dissuaded by his brother, who bade him use the same tongue to correct his errors, whereupon he wrote the 唯識論 and other Mahayanist works. He is called the twenty-first patriarch and died in Ayodhya.

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) (てんとう only) the sun; (2) god of heaven and the earth; (3) laws governing the heavens; (4) {astron} celestial path; celestial motion; (5) {Buddh} (See 六道) deva realm (svarga); (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.

天魔

see styles
tiān mó
    tian1 mo2
t`ien mo
    tien mo
 tenma
    てんま
demonic; devil
{Buddh} (See 四魔) demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good
deva-māra, 魔羅 one of the four Māras, who dwells in the sixth heaven. Paranirmita-vaśa-vartin, at the top of the Kāmadhātu, with his innumerable host, whence he constantly obstructs the Buddha-truth and its followers. He is also styled 殺者 the slayer; also 波旬 explained by 惡愛 sinful love or desire, as he sends his daughters to seduce the saints; also 波卑 (波卑夜) Papiyan, the evil one. He is the special Māra of the Śākyamuni period; other Buddhas suffer from other Māras; v. 魔.

太笛

see styles
 futobue
    ふとぶえ
(rare) (See 神楽笛) kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)

奕訢


奕䜣

see styles
yì xīn
    yi4 xin1
i hsin
Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing

妙因

see styles
miào yīn
    miao4 yin1
miao yin
 myōin
The profound cause, the discipline of the bodhisattva, i.e. chastity, and the six pāramitās, etc., as producing the Buddha-fruit.

妙樂


妙乐

see styles
miào lè
    miao4 le4
miao le
 myōgaku
Wonderful music (in the Pure Land). Miao-yo, the sixth Tiantai patriarch.

妙門


妙门

see styles
miào mén
    miao4 men2
miao men
 myōmon
The wonderful door of dharma; nirvana; the six Tiantai methods leading through meditation to enlightenment and the state of nirvana.

姜文

see styles
jiāng wén
    jiang1 wen2
chiang wen
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director

季夏

see styles
jì xià
    ji4 xia4
chi hsia
 toshina
    としな
final month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar)
(1) (obsolete) end of summer; (2) sixth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Toshina

宋書


宋书

see styles
sòng shū
    song4 shu1
sung shu
History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])

定慧

see styles
dìng huì
    ding4 hui4
ting hui
 jōe
Meditation and wisdom, two of the six pāramitās; likened to the two hands, the left meditation, the right wisdom.

実年

see styles
 sanetoshi
    さねとし
(1) (See 実年齢) one's actual age; (2) (now officially referred to as 中高年) (See 中高年) one's fifties and sixties; (personal name) Sanetoshi

己丑

see styles
jǐ chǒu
    ji3 chou3
chi ch`ou
    chi chou
 tsuchinotoushi; kichuu / tsuchinotoshi; kichu
    つちのとうし; きちゅう
twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
(See 干支・1) Earth Ox (26th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)

己亥

see styles
jǐ hài
    ji3 hai4
chi hai
 tsuchinotoi; kigai
    つちのとい; きがい
thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019
(See 干支・1) Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)

己卯

see styles
jǐ mǎo
    ji3 mao3
chi mao
 tsuchinotou; kibou / tsuchinoto; kibo
    つちのとう; きぼう
sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
(See 干支・1) Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)

己巳

see styles
jǐ sì
    ji3 si4
chi ssu
 tsuchinotomi; kishi
    つちのとみ; きし
sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
(See 干支・1) Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)

己未

see styles
jǐ wèi
    ji3 wei4
chi wei
 tsuchinotohitsuji; kibi
    つちのとひつじ; きび
fifty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039
(See 干支・1) Earth Sheep (56th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1919, 1979, 2039)

己糖

see styles
jǐ táng
    ji3 tang2
chi t`ang
    chi tang
hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖[pu2 tao5 tang2]

己酉

see styles
jǐ yǒu
    ji3 you3
chi yu
 tsuchinototori; kiyuu / tsuchinototori; kiyu
    つちのととり; きゆう
forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
(See 干支・1) Earth Rooster (46th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1909, 1969, 2029)

布薩


布萨

see styles
bù sà
    bu4 sa4
pu sa
 fusatsu
poṣadha, upavasatha, upoṣana; 布沙他 (or 布灑他); 褒沙陀 Pali: uposatha; fasting, a fast, the nurturing or renewal of vows, intp. by 淨住 or 善宿 or 長養, meaning abiding in retreat for spiritual refreshment. There are other similar terms, e. g. 布薩陀婆; 優補陀婆; also 布薩犍度 which the Vinaya uses for the meeting place; 鉢囉帝提舍耶寐 pratideśanīya, is self-examination and public confession during the fast. It is also an old Indian fast. Buddha's monks should meet at the new and fall moons and read the Prātimokṣa sutra for their moral edification, also disciples at home should observe the six fast days and the eight commands. The 布薩日 fast days are the 15th and 29th or 30th of the moon.

年代

see styles
nián dài
    nian2 dai4
nien tai
 nendai
    ねんだい
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
age; era; period; date; (place-name, surname) Nendai

弗沙

see styles
fú shā
    fu2 sha1
fu sha
 hoッsha
勃沙 or 富沙 or 逋v or 補沙; puṣya; 'the sixth (or in later times the eighth) Nakshatra or lunar mansion, also called Tishya. ' M. W. 底沙. It is the 鬼 group Cancer γδηθ, the 23rd of the Chinese twenty-eight stellar mansions. Name of an ancient Buddha.

形聲


形声

see styles
xíng shēng
    xing2 sheng1
hsing sheng
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
See: 形声

後涼


后凉

see styles
hòu liáng
    hou4 liang2
hou liang
Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (386-403)

後燕


后燕

see styles
hòu yān
    hou4 yan1
hou yen
 kouen / koen
    こうえん
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
(hist) Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)

後秦


后秦

see styles
hòu qín
    hou4 qin2
hou ch`in
    hou chin
Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)

後趙


后赵

see styles
hòu zhào
    hou4 zhao4
hou chao
Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)

御柱

see styles
 onbashira; mihashira
    おんばしら; みはしら
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

忍辱

see styles
rěn rù
    ren3 ru4
jen ju
 ninniku
    にんにく
(1) {Buddh} forbearance (in the face of difficulty, persecution, etc.); (2) (rare) (See にんにく) garlic
羼提波羅蜜多 (or 羼底波羅蜜多) kṣānti pāramitā; patience, especially bearing insult and distress without resentment, the third of the six pāramitās 六度. Its guardian Bodhisattva is the third on the left in the hall of space in the Garbhadhātu.

念天

see styles
niàn tiān
    nian4 tian1
nien t`ien
    nien tien
 nenten
One of the six devalokas, that of recollection and desire.

情塵


情尘

see styles
qíng chén
    qing2 chen2
ch`ing ch`en
    ching chen
 jōjin
The six guṇas or objects of sensation of the six organs of sense; sensation and its data; sensation-data; passion-defilement.

意地

see styles
yì dì
    yi4 di4
i ti
 iji
    いじ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) stubbornness; obstinacy; willpower; pride; (2) disposition; nature; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) appetite; desire; greed
The stage of intellectual consciousness, being the sixth vijñāna, the source of all concepts.

意根

see styles
yì gēn
    yi4 gen1
i ken
 ikon
The mind-sense, or indriya, the sixth of the senses; v. 六處.

意處


意处

see styles
yì chù
    yi4 chu4
i ch`u
    i chu
 i sho
The, mind-sense, the mind, the sixth of the six senses, v. 六處.

意識


意识

see styles
yì shí
    yi4 shi2
i shih
 ishiki
    いしき
consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
(noun/participle) (1) consciousness; (noun/participle) (2) becoming aware (of); awareness; sense; (noun/participle) (3) {Buddh} mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
manovijñāna; the faculty of mind, one of the six vijñānas.

愛輪


爱轮

see styles
ài lún
    ai4 lun2
ai lun
 airin
    あいりん
(female given name) Airin
The wheel of desire which turns men into the six paths of transmigration.

慧愷


慧恺

see styles
huì kǎi
    hui4 kai3
hui k`ai
    hui kai
 Egai
Huikai, a monk and author, also known as 智愷 Zhikai of the sixth century A.D.

成劫

see styles
chéng jié
    cheng2 jie2
ch`eng chieh
    cheng chieh
 joukou; jougou / joko; jogo
    じょうこう; じょうごう
{Buddh} (See 四劫) the kalpa of formation (the first aeon of the universe)
vivarta kalpa, one of the four kalpas, consisting of twenty small kalpas during which worlds and the beings on them are formed. The others are: 住劫 vivarta-siddha kalpa, kalpa of abiding, or existence, sun and moon rise, sexes are differentiated, heroes arise, four castes are formed, social life evolves. 壞劫saṃvarta kalpa, that of destruction, consisting of sixty-four small kalpas when fire, water, and wind destroy everything except the fourth dhyāna. 空劫 saṃvarta-siddha kalpa, i.e. of annihilation. v. 劫波.

成漢


成汉

see styles
chéng hàn
    cheng2 han4
ch`eng han
    cheng han
Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-347)

指事

see styles
zhǐ shì
    zhi3 shi4
chih shih
 shiji
    しじ
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character
{ling} indicative (kanji whose shape is based on logical representation of an abstract idea); logogram
Zhishi

数個

see styles
 suuko / suko
    すうこ
several (objects, usu. from two to six)

文殊

see styles
wén shū
    wen2 shu1
wen shu
 monju
    もんじゅ
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
(Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju
(文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N.

斫芻


斫刍

see styles
zhuó chú
    zhuo2 chu2
cho ch`u
    cho chu
 shashu
(斫乞芻) cakṣu (s), the eye, one of the six organs of sense. Cakṣurdhātu is the 眼界 eye-realm, or sight-faculty. There are definitions such as the eye of body, mind, wisdom, Buddha-truth, Buddha; or human, deva, bodhisattva, dharma, and Buddha vision.

昆孫

see styles
 konson
    こんそん
sixth-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-grandchild

時分


时分

see styles
shí fēn
    shi2 fen1
shih fen
 jibun
    じぶん
time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
(1) time; hour; season; (2) suitable time; opportunity; chance
Time-division of the day, variously made in Buddhist works: (1) Three periods each of day and night. (2) Eight periods of day and night, each divided into four parts. (3) Twelve periods, each under its animal, as in China. (4) Thirty hours, sixty hours, of varying definition.

時宗


时宗

see styles
shí zōng
    shi2 zong1
shih tsung
 tokimune
    ときむね
Jishū sect (of Buddhism); (surname, given name) Tokimune
六時往生宗 A Japanese sect, whose members by dividing day and night into six periods of worship seek immortality.

晨朝

see styles
chén zhāo
    chen2 zhao1
ch`en chao
    chen chao
 jinjou; shinchou; jinchou / jinjo; shincho; jincho
    じんじょう; しんちょう; じんちょう
{Buddh} (See 六時) around six o'clock AM; dawn service
The morning period, the first of the three divisions of the day.

晩夏

see styles
 banka
    ばんか
(adv,n) (1) late summer; (adv,n) (2) (obsolete) (See 水無月・1) sixth month of the lunar calendar

智度

see styles
zhì dù
    zhi4 du4
chih tu
 chi taku
prajñā-pāramitā, the sixth of the six pāramitās, wisdom which brings men to nirvāṇa.

會意


会意

see styles
huì yì
    hui4 yi4
hui i
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements; also known as joint ideogram or associative compound; to comprehend without being told explicitly; to cotton on; knowing (smile, glance etc)
See: 会意

末那

see styles
mò nà
    mo4 na4
mo na
 mana
    まな
{Buddh} (See 末那識) manas (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self)
manāḥ; manas; intp. by 意 mind, the (active) mind. Eitel says: 'The sixth of the chadâyatana, the mental faculty which constitutes man as an intelligent and moral being. ' The 末那識 is defined by the 唯識論 4 as the seventh of the 八識, namely 意, which means 思量 thinking and measuring, or calculating. It is the active mind, or activity of mind, but is also used for the mind itself.

李旦

see styles
lǐ dàn
    li3 dan4
li tan
Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗[Tang2 Rui4 zong1] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712

李瀍

see styles
lǐ chán
    li3 chan2
li ch`an
    li chan
Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗[Wu3 zong1] (814-846), reigned 840-846

東北


东北

see styles
dōng běi
    dong1 bei3
tung pei
 higashikita
    ひがしきた
northeast
(1) north-east; (2) (とうほく only) (See 東北地方) Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku; (surname) Higashikita
north-east

東琴

see styles
 azumagoto
    あずまごと
(See 和琴) six-stringed Japanese zither

林旭

see styles
lín xù
    lin2 xu4
lin hsü
Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898

林鐘

see styles
 rinshou / rinsho
    りんしょう
(1) (See 黄鐘・おうしき,十二律) (in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A); (2) sixth lunar month

根淨


根净

see styles
gēn jìng
    gen1 jing4
ken ching
 konjō
The purity of the six organs of sense.

梵天

see styles
fàn tiān
    fan4 tian1
fan t`ien
    fan tien
 bonten
    ぼんてん
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.

椋鳥


椋鸟

see styles
liáng niǎo
    liang2 niao3
liang niao
 mukudori; mukudori
    むくどり; ムクドリ
starling; gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus)
(1) (kana only) grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; white-cheeked starling; (2) starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); (3) bumpkin; gullible person; (4) sixty-nine (sexual position)

楊銳


杨锐

see styles
yáng ruì
    yang2 rui4
yang jui
Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898; Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News

業餘


业余

see styles
yè yú
    ye4 yu2
yeh yü
 gōyo
in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
A remnant of karma after the six paths of existence. v. 三餘.

極微


极微

see styles
jí wēi
    ji2 wei1
chi wei
 kyokubi; gokubi
    きょくび; ごくび
(adj-na,adj-no,n) microscopic; infinitesimal
An atom, especially as a mental concept, in contrast with 色聚之微, i.e. a material atom which has a center and the six directions, an actual but imperceptible atom; seven atoms make a 微塵 molecule, the smallest perceptible aggregation, called an aṇu 阿莬 or 阿拏; the perceptibility is ascribed to the deva-eye rather than to the human eye. There is much disputation as to whether the ultimate atom has real existence or not, whether it is eternal and immutable and so on.

樂經


乐经

see styles
yuè jīng
    yue4 jing1
yüeh ching
Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经

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