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天蓋

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Basic Meaning: heavenly canopy

Senses:

  • A Buddhaʼs canopy, or umbrella; a nimbus of rays of light, a halo. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • A canopy hanging over an image of a buddha or bodhisattva. Also hung over a coffin, a dais, or a new abbot at his ordination. Also written 華蓋 and 懸蓋. 〔大智度論 T 1509.25.442a27〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 754

    Bulgyo sajeon 841a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 888d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 590

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 316b/351

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 768

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 979d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1366

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3778a,375c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 221-1-14*1246-1

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 147

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    Entry created: 2002-02-02

    Updated: 2007-10-11