Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
阿那
PronunciationsSenses:
Zǔtáng jí 祖堂集, fascicle 18, entry of Zhàozhōu Cóngshěn 趙州從諗: 「師問座主:「所業什摩?」對云:「講《維摩經》。」師云:「維摩還有祖父也無?」對云:「有。」師云:「阿那是維摩祖父?」對云:「則某甲便是。」」 (Sūn, Kinugawa, and Nishiguchi 2007, 785; CBETA 2021.Q4, B25, no. 144, p. 630a11–13). ( The master (i.e., Cóngshěn) asked the prelate: "What is your occupation?" [The prelate] replied: "I am lecturing on the Vimalakīrti sūtra." The master said: "Does Vimalakīrti have a grandfather?" He replied: "He has." The master said: "Which [one] is Vimalakīrtiʼs grandfather?" [The prelate] replied: "I am the one!" )
In their edition of the Zǔtáng jí 祖堂集, Sūn, Kinugawa, and Nishiguchi indicate that it is possible that in the excerpt above, the character 箇 or 個 was erroneously omitted (Sūn, Kinugawa, and Nishiguchi 2007, 785, n. 3). However, Zhān Xùzuǒ 詹緖左 has demonstrated convincingly that 阿那 is frequently used as an interrogative word in adnominal position (see Zhān 2018, 230–31).
References:
Anderl, Christoph. 2004. Studies in the Language of Zu-Tang Ji. Oslo: Unipub. vol. 2 Acta Humaniora 213.
Sūn, Chāngwǔ, Yoshio Nishiguchi, Kenji Kinugawa, eds. 2007. Zǔtáng jí. Beijing: Zhōnghuá shūjú. vol. 2
Zhān, Xùzuǒ 詹緖左. 2018. Chánjí cíyǔ yánjiū: yǐ ‘Zǔtáng jí’ wéi zhǔyào kǎochá duìxiàng 禪籍詞語研究: 以’祖堂集’為主要考察對象 . Běijīng: Kēxué chūbǎnshè.
[Laurent Van Cutsem; source(s): ZGJ 1991, 3b; Zhān 2018, 230–31; Anderl 2004, 128; Hanyu 2010, Vol. 7, 4008; Kroll 2015, 330][Dictionary References]
Koga 3
Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1203
Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)42b
Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}
Soothill 293
Copyright provisions
The rights to textual segments (nodes) of the DDB are owned by the author indicated in the brackets next to each segment. For rights regarding the compilation as a whole, please contact Charles Muller. Please do not reproduce without permission. And please do not copy into Wikipedia without proper citation!
Entry created: 2002-07-02
Updated: 2021-12-25