三十三身

Readings

Pinyin: sānshísān shēn

Wade-Giles: san-shih-san shen

Hangul: 삼십삼신

Korean MC: samsipsam sin

Korean MR: samsipsam sin

Katakana: サンジュウサンシン

Hepburn: sanjūsan shin

tam thập tam thân

thirty-three forms of Avalokitêśvara

• The thirty-three forms in which Avalokitêśvara is said to have presented himself, from that of a Buddha to that of a woman or a rakṣas. Cf. Lotus Sūtra 普門品 chapter. [resp. cmuller; source(s): Soothill]
• 1. a Buddha 佛
  2. a pratyekabuddha 辟支佛
  3. a śrāvaka 聲聞
  4. Mahābrahman 梵王
  5. Indra 帝釋
  6. Īśvaradeva 自在天
  7. Maheśvara 大自在天
  8. a heavenly general 天大將軍
  9. Vaiśravaṇa 毘沙門天
  10. a king 小王
  11. a rich man 長者
  12. a householder 居士
  13. a prime minister 宰官
  14. a brahman 婆羅門
  15. a bhikṣu 比丘
  16. a bhikṣuṇī 比丘尼
  17. an upāsaka 優婆塞
  18. an upāsikā 優婆夷
  19. a wife or daughter of a rich man 長者婦女
  20. a wife or daughter of a householder 居士婦女
  21. a wife or daughter of a prime minister 宰官婦女
  22. a wife or daughter of a brahman 婆羅門婦女
  23. a boy 童男
  24. a girl 童女
  25. a god 天
  26. a nāga 龍
  27. a yakṣa 夜叉
  28. a gandharva 乾闥婆
  29. an asura 阿修羅
  30. a garuḍa 迦樓羅
  31. a kiṃnara 緊那羅
  32. a mahoraga 摩睺羅迦
  33. a vajradhara 執金剛
  [resp. cmuller]
• 〔止觀輔行傳弘決 T 1912.46.282b16〕 [resp. cmuller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 359

Bulgyo sajeon, 411a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 397d

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 317

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 255b/282

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 582

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 472a

Fo Guang Dictionary, 513

Ding Fubao

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1545a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 634-1

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