空華

Readings

Pinyin: kōnghuá

Wade-Giles: k'ung-hua

Hangul: 공화

Korean MC: gonghwa

Korean MR: konghwa

Katakana: ケ

Hepburn: kūge

không hoa

sky-flowers

• Illusory flowers seen in the sky as the result of an optical disorder; spots before the eyes, muscœ volitantes; illusion. A metaphor used in a broad range of philosophical works, including translations from Yogâcāra and Tathāgatagarbha works, as well as in East Asian texts such as the Awakening of Faith, Śūraṃgama-sūtra and Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, to show the nature of discriminated ignorance. Also written 虛空華 and 空花 (Skt. khapuṣpa). The Indian Hīnayānists style Mahayanists 空華外道 śūnyapuṣpa, sky-flower non-Buddhists, or followers of illusion. 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.48a11 〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Yokoi]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 215

Bulgyo sajeon, 55a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) , 241b

Iwanami bukkyō jiten , 198

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) , 214, 460

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) , 427

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) , 6-P194

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) , 280d

Fo Guang Dictionary , 3482

Ding Fubao

Nihon bukkyō jinmei jiten (Saitō and Naruse) , 124

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) , (v.1-6)642a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) , 280-2

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

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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