天女

Readings

Pinyin: tiānnǚ

Wade-Giles: t'ien-nü

Hangul: 천녀

Korean MC: cheonnyeo

Korean MR: ch'ŏnnyŏ

Katakana: テンニョ

Hepburn: tennyo

thiên nữ

goddess

• Goddesses in general; attendants on the regents of the sun and moon; wives of Gandharvas, the division of the sexes is maintained throughout the devalokas 六天 of the desire realm 欲界, but not in the form realm 色界 and above, where there are no sexual characteristics; also written 女天 and 女神. (Skt. apsaras; devī, sura-kanyā; deva-kanyā, devâpsarā, bhaginī, maru-kanyakā, marut-snuṣā, sura-bandhu, sura-vadhū; Tib. lha'i bu mo) 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.298b27〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa, Soothill, YBh-Ind, Iwanami]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 759

Bulgyo sajeon, 842a

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 597

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 984b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 1335

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0333

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1256-1

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

(Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, 144

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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