冥府

Readings

Pinyin: míngfǔ

Wade-Giles: ming-fu

Hangul: 명부

Korean MC: myeongbu

Korean MR: myŏngbu

Katakana: メイフ

Katakana: ミョウフ

Hepburn: meifu

Hepburn: myōfu

minh phủ

office of hell

• The office of Yama 閻魔, ruler of the dark realms. The palace of darkness, the course that beings pass after death from this world 冥途. See also 冥府殿. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Yokoi]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 1050

Bulgyo sajeon, 207a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1218b

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 792

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 449

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1355a

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1725-2

Soothill, 322

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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