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耶輸陀羅

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Basic Meaning: Yaśodharā

Senses:

  • Also 耶輸陀; 耶輸多羅, and 耶戍達羅. Yaśodharā; the wife of Śākyamuni, mother of Rāhula, who became a nun five years after her husbandʼs enlightenment. She is to become the Buddha Raśmi-śata-sahasra-paripūrṇa-dhvaja; v. Lotus Sutra. Her name was also Gopā, 瞿波; 劬毘那 is perhaps Gopī. 〔法華經 T 262.9.2a1〕 (Skt. Yaśovatī, Go-pā) [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, JEBD, Soothill, Hirakawa]
  • A figure in the Court of the Lotus Division 蓮華部院 in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala 胎藏界曼荼羅. Also called 持名稱者. Depicted as an ornamented goddess, pure gold in color 眞金色. Seated on a red lotus, her left knee is raised. Her right hand is in the wish-granting mudrā 與願印 while her left hand holds a leafy branch, which is identified as a priyaṅgu 鉢胤遇 (said to blossom when touched by a lady). The commentary Darijing shu 大日經疏 (T 1796; fasc. 5) states this flower is produced in the Western Land 西方 (Sukhāvatī). Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva 大勢至菩薩 is said to preside over the seeds of bodhicitta placed in beings, but Yaśodharā presides over the incubation and production of these various merits. The commentary states right hand holds a branch of white flowers in various stages of blossoming. Seed syllable: ya. Mudrā: 內五鈷印. Mantra: namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ yaṃ yaśodharāyai svāhā.

    References:

    Somekawa, Eisuke, Michihiko Komine, Tenyū Koyama, Hisao Takahashi, and Takayuki Hirosawa. 1993. Mandara zuten曼荼羅図典 . Tokyo:  Daihōrinkaku.

    [Jeffrey Kotyk]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1064

    Bulgyo sajeon 567a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 806

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 329b/366

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3932

    Ding Fubao

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1237c

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0955

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4897b,2459c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1779-1-25*1754-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2016-06-26