身雲

Readings

Pinyin: shēnyún

Wade-Giles: shen-yün

Hangul: 신운

Korean MC: sinun

Korean MR: sinun

Katakana: シンウン

Hepburn: shinun

thân vân

cloud-bodies

• The numberless bodies of buddhas, hovering like clouds over men; the numberless forms which the buddhas take to protect and save men, resembling clouds; the numberless saints compared to clouds. (Skt. kāya-megha) 〔宗鏡錄 T 2016.48.420c10〕 〔十住心論〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Nakamura, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 589

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 604a

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 770d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 3018

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1130

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 862-1

Soothill, 246

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

generated: 2013-09-08