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Readings

Pinyin: shìxiàn

Wade-Giles: shih-hsien

Hangul: 시현

Korean MC: sihyeon

Korean MR: shihyŏn

Katakana: ジゲン

Hepburn: jigen

thị hiện

to instruct

• Esp. the teaching of sentient beings by a buddha or bodhisattva (Skt. saṃdarśana; Tib. yang dag par ston pa). [resp. Stephen Hodge, cmuller; source(s): Nakamura]
• To reveal, indicate, demonstrate (Skt. *sam-dṛś, *upa-dṛś; Tib. ston par byed pa). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]
• Physical manifestation; the showing of form. An early colloquial translation of rūpa. [resp. Charles Muller]
• The revealing of various forms (bodies) by buddhas and bodhisattvas to sentient beings in order to teach them. Also refers to the 32 marks of the Buddha's body 三十二相, the 33 bodies of Avalokitêśvara bodhisattva, etc. (Skt. darśana). [resp. Charles Muller]
• The manifestation of a body by an historical sage-personage. [resp. Charles Muller]
• (Skt. saṃdarśana, nidarśana, darśayati, paridīpita; avatāra, avabhāsa, ākhyāna, ādarśayati, ucchrāyita, udita, udbhāvana, udbhāvayati, upadarśayati, *upadeśayati, upadhārayati, upanīya, darśa, darśaka, darśita, darśin, *deśayati, nidarśaka, nidarśayati, nidarśayitṛ, nidarśika, nidarśita, nirdeśa, parikīrtana, paridīpana, parisaṃdarśana, *prajñāyate, pradīpita, prabhāvitatva, prātihārya, pradur-bhāva, rūpya, vijñapti, *vijñāpayati, vidarśana, vidarśanā, vyavasthāna, saṃdarśaka, saṃpad, prātihāya) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 432

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 346

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 549b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 2144

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0892

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1766a,1308a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 892-1

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

Lokakṣema's Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima), 445

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