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銅輪王

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Basic Meaning: copper wheel-rolling sage king

Senses:

  • One of the four kinds of wheel-rolling sage kings 轉輪聖王/四輪王. The copper king is said to rule two continents of the Jambu-dvīpa 閻浮提 world. See also 銅輪. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, JEBD]
  • In the Brahmāʼs Net Sutra 梵網經, this king is associated with the stages of the ten understandings 十解. 〔梵網經菩薩戒本私記 HBJ 1.603b〕 〔翻譯名義集 T 2131.54.1096b19〕 [Charles Muller]
  • Related to the above, a bodhisattva in the level of the ten abodes 十往. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 786

    Bulgyo sajeon 182a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 48b/53

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1018a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5945

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3827a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1284-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2014-12-24