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摩訶迦葉

Readings

Pinyin: Móhē jiāyè

Wade-Giles: Mo-ho-chia-yo

Hangul: 마하가섭

Korean MC: Mahagaseop

Korean MR: Mahagasŏp

Katakana: マカカヨウ

Hepburn: Makakashō

Ma ha ca diếp

Mahākāśyapa

A Brahman of Magadha 摩揭陀, the foremost of the Buddha's disciples. He was known to be outstanding at his practice of ascetic discipline, and was thus also known as Kāśyapa Dhūta 迦葉頭陀. Often referred to simply as Kāśyapa 迦葉. After the Buddha's death, he became the head of the community of monks and is accredited with presiding over the first council, hence known as "chairman" '上座; also credited with supervising the first compilation of the Buddha's sermons. In the Chan tradition, he is taken to be the first of the twenty-eight patriarchs 二十八祖. (Pāli Mahā-kassapa) 〔倶舍論 T 1559.29.231c23, 阿彌陀經 T 366.12.346c2〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 997

Bulgyo sajeon, 198a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1170c

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 757

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 436

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 192b/215

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 442

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 3-P57

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0560

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4721b,843a,2663b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 922-3-8*1645-3

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