Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
轉輪聖王
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According to Wonhyoʼs commentary on the Brahmāʼs Net Sutra, the religious attainment of the wheel-turning Sage Kings ranges from those who have not yet reached the first bodhisattva ground 初地 up to the bodhisattvas of the tenth ground 十地, including iron wheel-turning kings 鐵輪王, copper wheel-turning kings 銅輪王, silver wheel-turning kings 銀輪王, and gold wheel-turning kings 金輪王 (Skt. cakravartin, cakra-vartitva, cakravarti-rājya, bala-cakravartin, rājācakra-vartī, nṛpatva; cakravarti-nṛpa, cakravartiśvara, rāja-śrī; Pāli cakkavattī-raja). 〔梵網經菩薩戒本私記 HBJ 1.599a〕
[Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa, Yokoi, Iwanami][Dictionary References]
Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 763
Bulgyo sajeon 769a
Iwanami bukkyō jiten 599
A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 281
Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 773
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 991a
Fo Guang Dictionary 6624
Ding Fubao
Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1138
Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3826a,3483c,3711b,3821b
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1259-1
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Entry created: 1997-09-15
Updated: 2022-09-26