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扶南國

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Basic Meaning: Funan guo

Senses:

  • A Khmer 吉蔑族 ethnic state that existed in the approximate area of modern day Cambodia (高棉, 柬埔寨) starting from around 100 BCE. Also written as 扶南, 跋南, 邑心, and 閣茂. Funan is a transliteration of Bnam, which means 'mountain' in the Khmer language. The country was converted to Buddhism at an early period, and during the Liang Dynasty some monks (including the two monks Maṇḍala 曼荼羅 and *Saṃghabhara 僧伽婆羅) from this country brought Sanskrit texts to China, which they translated. Paramârtha 眞諦 was residing here before he was invited to China by Emperor Wu of the Liang. Funan lost its independence in the seventh century, and Sinitic Buddhism gradually declined thereafter, but Buddhism would later be revived under Indic influences. The Fo Guang Dictionary has a fairly extensive entry giving the history of this state. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 910

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 64b/71

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2945

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4490b

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    Entry created: 2006-12-14

    Updated: 2019-04-13