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Basic Meaning: Bhadrapāla

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  • A disciple who kept the faith at home at the time of the Buddha. Also, a bodhisattva who with 500 others slighted Śākyamuni in a previous existence, was converted and became a Buddha. An image of Bhadrapāla is kept in the monastic bathroom; cf. 楞嚴經. 〔大乘寶要義論 T 1635.32.66b4〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • Also transliterated as 颰陀和. [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 257

    Bulgyo sajeon 249b-12

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 164

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1113

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2411c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 410-3

    Soothill 444

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    Entry created: 2003-02-05

    Updated: 2007-08-26