無量壽佛

Readings

Pinyin: Wúliángshòu Fó

Wade-Giles: Wu-liang-shu Fo

Hangul: 무량수불

Korean MC: Muryangsu Bul

Korean MR: Muryangsu Pul

Katakana: ムリョウジュブツ

Hepburn: Muryōju Butsu

Vô lượng thọ phật

Buddha of Immeasurable Life

• The buddha Amitâyus, which is an epithet for Amitâbha 阿彌陀 (Buddha of Immeasurable Light). Also called the Buddha of Immeasurable Light 無量光佛. In the two maṇḍalas of the Five Buddhas 五佛 of esoteric Buddhism Amitâbha is associated with the the vajradhātu and Amitâyus with the 金剛界 and garbhadhātu 胎藏界. Also written 無量壽如來; 無量壽王. (Skt. Amitâyus-ṛṣi, Amitâyus Tathāgataḥ; Tib. Tshe dpag med) 〔阿彌陀經 T 366.12.347b29〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa, JEBD, Iwanami]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 1046

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1214d

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 790

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 203b/227

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1350d

Fo Guang Dictionary, ?

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0778

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1720-3*1727-3-29

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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