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千二百五十人

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: twelve hundred and fifty people

Senses:

  • The 1,250, the round number of disciples who are indicated as being in attendance at Śākyamuniʼs lectures in many of the popular scriptures, such as the Diamond Sutra. They were formerly non-Buddhists, but were converted. They include: the fifty followers of Yaśas 耶舍, five hundred of Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa 優樓頻羅迦葉, two hundred and fifty each of Nadī-Kāśyapa 那提迦葉 and Gayā –Kāśyapa 伽耶迦葉, and one hundred of Śāriputra 舍利弗 and Mahāmaudgalyāyana 目犍連. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, JEBD, Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 632

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 699a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 264a/291

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 834c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 732

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1047-1

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2016-07-04