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曼陀羅

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: maṇḍala

Senses:

  • See 曼荼羅 (Skt. mandāra, mandārava, māndārava). [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Nakamura]
  • The (va) (or mandāraka), the coral-tree; the erythrina indica, or the tree regarded as one of the five trees of Paradise, i.e., Indraʼs heaven; a white variety of Calotropis gigantea. Name of a noted monk called Mandra. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 373

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1006

    Bulgyo sajeon 261a11

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 190

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1285a

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0613

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 621

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4759b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1671-3

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

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    Entry created: 2002-12-20

    Updated: 2012-11-03