于闐

Readings

Pinyin: Yútián

Wade-Giles: Yü-t'ien

Hangul: 우전

Korean MC: Ujeon

Korean MR: Ujŏn

Katakana: ウテン

Hepburn: Uten

Vu điền

Khotan

• Kustana, or Khotan, in Turkestan, the principal center of Central Asian Buddhism until the Moslem invasion. Buddhism was introduced there about 200 BCE or earlier. It was the center from which is credited the spread of Mahāyāna (Skt. ku-stana). (Tib. Li Yul; alt. rDo rtsub; Skt. Kaṃsadeśa, Kharāśman). One of the city states of the Silk Road. Khotan is located southeast of Yarkhand in the Tarim Basin, north of the Kunlun Shan 昆侖山. It is mainly populated by Uighurs. Also written 于遁, 于殿, 于塡, 於窴, 谿丹, 屈丹, 和闐, 澳那, 瞿薩怛那. 〔西域記 T 2087.51.892c13〕 [resp. Charles Muller, John Powers; source(s): JEBD, Soothill, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 58

Bulgyo sajeon, 642a

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 327b/364

Fo Guang Dictionary, 727

Ding Fubao

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)221b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 111-1

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