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天竺

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Basic Meaning: India

Senses:

  • A translation for sindhu, an ancient name for India (also 天竺國). 竹 zhu is said to have the same sound as 篤 tu, suggesting a connection with the 度 tu in 印度 Indu; other forms are 身毒 Sindhu, Scinde; 賢豆 Hindu; and 印持伽羅; other hybrid translations include 竺土, 竺乾, and 西乾. The term is explained by 月 moon, which is the meaning of Indu, but it is said to be so called because the sages of India illumine the rest of the world: or because of the half-moon shape of the land, which was supposed to be 90,000 li in circumference, and placed among other kingdoms like the moon among the stars. Another name is 因陀羅婆他那 Indravadana, or Indrabhāvanā, the region where Indra dwells. A hill and monastery near Hangchow. See also under 印度. (Skt. indu,hendhu) [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Hirakawa, JEBD, Yokoi, Soothill,I wanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 755

    Bulgyo sajeon 847a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 892c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 592

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 316b/352

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 769

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1350

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0334

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)185a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1255-1

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 146

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 483

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2021-03-04