大雄殿

Readings

Pinyin: dàxióng diàn

Wade-Giles: ta-hsiung tien

Hangul: 대웅전

Korean MC: daeung jeon

Korean MR: taeung chŏn

Katakana: ダイユウデン

Katakana: ダイオウデン

Hepburn: daiyū den

Hepburn: daiō den

great shrine hall

• [Korea] Great Shrine Hall. Also called the Jeweled Hall of the Great Hero 大雄寶殿. This hall is dedicated to the historical Buddha Śākyamuni. As a rule, the great shrine hall is located at the center of temple complex. Two attendant bodhisattvas support Śākyamuni Buddha: One is Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva 文殊菩薩, the left-hand attendant who is regarded as the idealization or personification of the wisdom of the Buddha. The other is Samantabhadra Bodhisattva 普賢菩薩, the right-hand attendant who symbolizes the teaching, meditation, and practice of the Buddha. Most Dharma assemblies take place in this hall. See also 本堂. [resp. O. B. Chun]

Dictionary References:

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 818b

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 81

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 930c

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4475b

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