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五山

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: five mountain [monasteries]

Senses:

  • In India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣkuṇḍikā-pragbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura,JEBD,Yokoi, Soothill,Iwanami]
  • In China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taibo Shan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at Quanling 全陵, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • In Japanese Zen, around the beginning of the 14th century, this referring to the five Kamakura temples of Kenchōji 建長寺, Engakuji 圓覺寺, Jufukuji 壽福寺, Jōchiji 浄智寺, and Jōmyōji 浄妙寺. Later in the same century, five more temples in Kyoto were designated: Tenryūji 天龍寺, Shōkokuji 相國寺, Kenninji 建仁寺, Tōfukuji 東福寺, and Manjuji 萬壽寺. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ina-Zen]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 269

    Bulgyo sajeon 611a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 340a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 269

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 88

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) ---/100

    Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū) 38-41/3

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 172

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 376

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 361a

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 527-1

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 117

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    Entry created: 2001-11-05

    Updated: 2017-08-14