勝友

Readings

Pinyin: Shèngyǒu

Wade-Giles: Sheng-yu

Hangul: 승우

Korean MC: Seung-u

Korean MR: Sŭng'u

Katakana: ショウユウ

Katakana: ショウウ

Hepburn: Shōyū

Hepburn: Shōu

Thắng hữu

Viśeṣamitra*

• "Friend of the Viśeṣa," the name of an eloquent monk of Nālanda, circa CE 630, author of Sarvâstivādavinaya-saṃgraha 根本薩婆多部律攝, translated CE 710. He is also one of the alleged 10 commentators on the Triṃśikā included in the Cheng weishi lun (see reference to the 述記). According to Kuiji, he was a disciple of Dharmapāla 護法. 〔成唯識論述記 T 1830.43.0232a4; 西域求法高僧傳 T 2066.51.9a1〕 His name is also translated as 勝親, and is transliterated as 毘世沙蜜多羅. [resp. Dan Lusthaus; ref. Nakamura,Soothill, Hirakawa, Lancaster]
• A "friend of the Way" 道友, "friend of goodness" 良友, 善友. Thus, a friend who is dedicated to Buddhist cultivation practices. Also a name for the bodhisattvas Avalokitêśvara 觀世音 and Mahāsthāmaprāpta 大勢至. 〔觀無量壽佛經 T 365.12.346b13〕 [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 554

Bulgyo sajeon, 502a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 588d

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 721d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 4859

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0206

Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono), 338

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)2550a, (v.1-6)2550b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 844-3

Soothill, 367

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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