明月珠

Readings

Pinyin: míngyuèzhū

Wade-Giles: ming-yüeh chu

Hangul: 명월주

Korean MC: myeongwolju

Korean MR: myŏngwŏlchu

Katakana: ミョウガツシュ

Hepburn: myōgetsushu

minh nguyệt châu

bright-moon pearl

• The bright-moon maṇi or pearl, emblem of Buddha, Buddhism, the Buddhist scriptures, purity, etc. Also written 明珠 and 摩尼. 〔首楞嚴經 T 945.19.150b25〕 [resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 1025

Bulgyo sajeon, 209II-1

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1306d

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1921c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1683-2

Soothill, 262

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