向上

Readings

Pinyin: xiàngshàng

Wade-Giles: hsiang-shang

Hangul: 향상

Korean MC: hyangsang

Korean MR: hyangsang

Katakana: コウジョウ

Hepburn: kōjō

hướng thượng

upwards

• To trace backwards, as from the later to the earlier, primary, the earliest or first. (Skt. ūrdhva-mukhī-√bhū, ūrdhva-mukha, ūrdhvī-√bhū, ūrdhvam, ūrdhva, uttara, ataḥ param) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa]
• To tend upward spiritually, through practice; to make progress in Buddhist practice. To advance; to go ahead. [resp. Yokoi, Ina-Zen]
• Above, over, beyond. Opposite of 向下. [resp. Yokoi, Ina-Zen]
• To deprive a trainee of delusion.[resp. Yokoi, Ina-Zen]
• Moreover; further. [resp. Yokoi, Ina-Zen]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 298

Bulgyo sajeon, 929a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 314a

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 199

Koga, 128

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 404

Zen Dust (Sasaki), 401

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 19-P25

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 390b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 2263

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0245

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 177-3

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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