八相

Readings

Pinyin: bāxiàng

Wade-Giles: pa-hsiang

Hangul: 팔상

Korean MC: palsang

Korean MR: p'alsang

Katakana: ハッソウ

Hepburn: hassō

bát tướng

eight phases

• The eight phases of the Buddha's life from his birth to his entry into nirvāṇa. Lists vary, but a fairly standard one includes:
  1. 降兜率 descent from the Tuṣita heaven;
  2. 託胎 (托胎, 入胎) entry into his mother's womb;
  3. 降生 (出胎) birth from his mother's side in Lumbinī;
  4. 出家 leaving home at 19 (or 25) to engage in religious training 入山學道;
  5. 降魔 subduing demons; overcoming afflictions.
  6. 成道 attaining enlightenment after six years of struggle;
  7. 轉法輪 turning the wheel of the law, or preaching;
  8. 入滅 entering nirvāṇa.
  Also written 八相示現, 釋迦八相, 如來八相, and 八相作佛 (Skt. aṣṭa-lakṣaṇa). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.302c25, 成唯識論 T 1585.31.42c15〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Hirakawa, Yokoi,Iwanami]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 869

Bulgyo sajeon, 899a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1028a

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 664

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 101b/112

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 208

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1109d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 289

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0164

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4215c, (v.9-10)821b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1404-1

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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