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須菩提

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Basic Meaning: Subhūti

Senses:

  • One of the Buddhaʼs ten principal disciples 十大弟子. He is the main interlocutor of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras, in the discussions with the Buddha of the doctrine of emptiness 解空第一. It is also reported that he was preeminent in compassion, and that he never quarreled with anyone. He is said to have been a son of Sumana, the younger brother of Sudatta 須達, who donated the Jetavana Monastery to the saṃgha. There are at least two later historical personages of the same name. (Tib. Rab 'byor) 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.73c18〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi, Hirakawa, JEBD]
  • Cf. Karashima (Lokakṣema Glossary): view / hide
      
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 157

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 611, 486

    Bulgyo sajeon 489a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 9ee8

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 413

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 217, 372

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) ---/333

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 704

    Foguang Dictionary 5361

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1263

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 304

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)7512a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 837-2*922-3-10*1005-3

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 554

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2013-07-10