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圓壇

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: round platform

Senses:

  • A circular maṇḍala with twenty-four images prepared for the practice of the Vaipulya (repentance) Samādhi. According to the Fangdeng chanfa, these twenty-four figures are the ten Buddhas (of the ten directions), the ten Buddha-kings, the bodhisattva Puṣpakūṭa, the monk 'Roaring Thunder,' the mahā tanchi dhāraṇī (taught in the sutra), and Śāriputra. Ref. 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.13b2; 大方等陀羅尼經 T 1339.21.650b20–21〕 [Paul Swanson]
  • A round, wooden platform used in esoteric Buddhist ceremonies, usually complete with a group of objects of worship, and a maṇḍala 曼荼羅 (Skt. parimaṇḍala). 〔大日經 T 848.18.4b20〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Soothill, Hirakawa, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 95

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 54b/60

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 114b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5414

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0288

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1870-2

    Soothill 396

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    Entry created: 2002-12-31

    Updated: 2012-10-28