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修多羅

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: sūtra

Senses:

  • Sūtra; from siv, to sew, to thread, to string together, interpreted as 線 thread, string; strung together as a garland of flowers. Sutras or addresses attributed to the Buddha, usually introduced by 如是我聞 thus have I heard, evam mayāśrutam. Translated by 經 a warp, i.e. the threads on which a piece is woven. The sūtra-piṭaka, or first portion of the tripiṭaka, but is sometimes applied to the whole canon. It is also rendered as 契 or 契經 scriptures. Transliterated as 修他羅, 修單羅, 修妬路; 修多闌; 修單蘭多;素呾纜, 素怛纜; 蘇多羅, and 蘇呾羅. (Pāli sutta; Skt. sūtrânta, grantha) [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi, Soothill, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
  • In lesser vehicle Buddhism 小乘, the tripiṭaka 三藏. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • In the twelve-part division of the canon 十二部經, the eleventh part—upadeśa 優婆提舍. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • The canon of the great vehicle 大乘經. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • A clasp on the seven-piece robe of the 眞宗 Shin school. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 484

    Bulgyo sajeon 484a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 509c

    Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 410

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 395

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 304a/338

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 713

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 14-P234

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 626b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4040

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0136

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 829-2, 830-2

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2013-04-28