吉祥

Readings

Pinyin: jíxiáng

Wade-Giles: chi-hsiang

Hangul: 길상

Korean MC: gilsang

Korean MR: kilsang

Katakana: キチジョウ

Hepburn: kichijō

cát tường

auspicious

• Good, promising. Translation of the name of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. (Skt. dhanya, kautuka; Tib. dge mtshan) [resp. Charles Muller; ref. YBh-Ind]
• Skt. śrī—an Indian title of respect 尸利. Also 室利 and 尸里. [resp. Charles Muller]
• The name of a bodhisattva. [resp. Charles Muller]
• (Skt. maṅgala, śiva, ājanya, pavitra, praśasta, maṅgalatva, maṅgalā, maṅgalya, māṅgalya, śiri, śirī, śivaṃ-kara, śubha, śobhana, sukalyāṇa, sauṭīra, svasti, svastika; Pāli siva) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
• 〔四分律 T 1428.22.781a22, 瑜伽論 T 1579.30.297a28〕 [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 175

Bulgyo sajeon, 109a

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 222b

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 202d

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 163

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 370

Fo Guang Dictionary, 2238

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0240

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)526c,3204c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 242-3

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

(Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, 204

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