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伽耶迦葉

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Gayākāśyapa

Senses:

  • The youngest of the three Kāśyapa brothers 三迦葉 who were close disciples of Śākyamuni. Gayā refers to the name of his birthplace. He was a brother of Mahākāśyapa, originally a fire-worshipper, one of the eleven foremost disciples of the Buddha. In the Lotus Sutra it is predicted that he will become Samantaprabhāsa Buddha. 〔法華經 T 262.9.28c3 〕 Also written 象迦葉. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, JEBD, Hirakawa]
  • In esoteric Buddhism he is a figure in the Court of Omniscience 遍知院 in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala 胎藏界曼荼羅, placed to the left of the Sarva-tathāgata-jñāna-mudrā 一切如來智印. He is depicted as an Indian figure seated on a mat with his right hand extending outward and his left hand clutching the edge of his robe. Seed syllable: he (derived from hetu). Mudrā: palm-leaf scripture mudrā 梵篋印. He is the brother of Uruvilvākāśyapa 優樓頻羅迦葉 on the opposite side.

    References:

    Somekawa, Eisuke 染川英輔, Michihiko 小峰弥彦 Komine, Tenyū 小山典勇 Koyama, Hisao 高橋尚夫 Takahashi, and Takayuki 廣澤隆之 Hirosawa. 1993. Mandara zuten曼荼羅図典 . Tokyo:  Daihōrinkaku.

    [Jeffrey Kotyk; source(s): Somekawa et al.]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 126

    Bulgyo sajeon 7a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 171b

    Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 131

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 70b/77

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2768

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0109

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)477a,1474a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 233-1

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2016-05-29