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二十八祖

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Basic Meaning: twenty-eight patriarchs

Senses:

  • The twenty-eight Buddhist patriarchs as stated by the Chan school 禪宗. The Tiantai school counts twenty-three, or twenty-four, with the addition of Śaṇakavāsa:
    1. Mahākāśyapa 摩訶迦葉;
    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 or 波栗溼縛 脇尊者;
    11. Puṇyayaśas 那尊耶舍;
    12. Aśvaghoṣa 馬鳴大士;
    13. Kapimala 迦毘摩羅;
    14. Nāgârjuna 龍樹;
    15. Kāṇadeva 迦那提婆;
    16. Rāhulata 羅睺羅多;
    17. Saṃghanandi 僧伽難提;
    18. Gayāśaṭa 伽耶舍多;
    19. Kumārata 鳩摩羅多;
    20. Jayata 闍夜多;
    21. Vasubandhu 婆修盤頭;
    22. Manorhita 摩拏羅;
    23. Haklena 鶴勒那;
    24. Ārasiṃha 師子尊者;
    25. Basiasita 婆舍斯多;
    26. Puṇyamitra 不如密多;
    27. Prajñātāra 般若多羅;
    28. Bodhidharma 菩提達磨.
    〔萬松老人評唱天童覺和尙頌古從容庵錄 T 2004.48.274a7〕 Also written 西天二十八祖. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui,Soothill, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 816

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 217b/241

    Fo Guang Dictionary 172

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2966b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1325-2

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2019-06-05