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修羅

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: (Skt. asura)

Senses:

  • Asuras 阿修羅; titans; demons who wage war with Indra 因陀羅. [Robban Toleno; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Yokoi, Hirakawa]
  • Also sura, which means a god, or deity. Sura is also a type of wine, transcribed as 蘇羅. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Yokoi, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 485

    Bulgyo sajeon 485a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 516b

    Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 414

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 376

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 710

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 627c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4049

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0140

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)31c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 840-1

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2013-02-17