祇園精舍

Readings

Pinyin: Qiyuanjingshe

Wade-Giles: Ch'i-yüan ching-she

Hangul: 기원정사

Korean MC: Giwon jeongsa

Korean MR: Kiwŏn chŏngsa

Katakana: ギオンショウジャ

Hepburn: Gion shōja

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Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍada-ārāma

• A park near Śrāvastī, said to have been obtained from Prince Jeta by the elder Anāthapiṇḍada, in which monastery buildings were erected. It became the favorite resort of Śākyamuni. It was the first permanent center of Buddhism, and one of the early Buddhist monasteries in India. Śākyamuni called the monastery Jetavana in honor of the prince, and called the place Anāthapiṇḍada in honor of the elder go-between Sudatta 須達, whose nickname Anāthapiṇḍada means "he who gives alms to the helpless." Two hundred years later it is said to have been destroyed by fire, rebuilt smaller five hundred years after, and again a century later burnt down; thirteen years afterwards it was rebuilt on the earlier scale but a century later entirely destroyed. This is the account given in 法苑珠林 39. It is recorded as the site of the preaching of the Śrīmālā-sūtra, as well as a number of other of the Buddha's Mahāyāna sermons. Alternate transliterations/translations of the Sanskrit include 祇陀樹林給孤獨園 (Bodhiruci, Paramârtha), 行勝林中無親搏施 (Dharmagupta) and 戰勝林施孤獨園 (Yijing) Variant translated renderings include 祇哆槃那, 祇哆槃林; 祇樹給孤獨園; 祇樹花林窟; abbreviated as 祇園; 祇樹園, 祇桓林, 祇洹林, 祇陀林, 祇陀園, etc. Cf. 金地. 〔五分律 T 1421.22.167b15〕 [resp. Charles Muller, c.patton; ref. Soothill, Yokoi, JEBD, Yokoi]
• [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 170

Bulgyo sajeon, 108a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 193c

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 155

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 76b/84

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 159

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 217c

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0893

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)520a, (v.9-10)435b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 275-1

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