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阿蘭若

Readings

Pinyin: ēlánruò

Wade-Giles: alan-jo

Hangul: 아란야

Korean MC: aranya

Korean MR: aranya

Katakana: アランニャ

Hepburn: arannya

a lan nhã

Transliteration of the Sanskrit, meaning forest. Solitude; quiet place; located far from the populated towns and cities. Interpreted by 無諍聲 no sound of discord; 閑靜 shut in and quiet; 遠離 far removed; 空寂 uninhabited and still; a lonely abode 500 bow-lengths from any village. (Pāli arañña). This is then extended to refer to a quiet place where monks and various kinds of religious practitioners dwell to carry out their practices free from secular involvements and attractions. It is further extended to refer to an actual hermitage where disciplines and meditation are practiced. An āraṇyaka 阿蘭若迦 is someone who lives there. Three kinds of occupants are given: 達磨阿蘭若迦 dharma-āraṇyaka; 摩祭阿蘭若迦 mātaṅga-āraṇyaka, and 檀陀阿蘭若迦 daṇḍaka-āraṇyaka. Other forms are: 阿蘭那, 阿蘭攘; 阿蘭陀, 阿蘭陁; 阿練若, 阿練茄; 阿練茹, 阿蘭拏; abbreviated as 蘭若 and 練若, and translated as 山林 and 荒野. 〔四分律 T 1428.22.573c11〕 (Skt. āraṇyaka) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, JEBD, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 15

Bulgyo sajeon, 549a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 11b

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 16

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 276

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 10b/11

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 11d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 3697

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1210

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 42-3

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