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There are 7 total results for your 尼犍 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

尼犍

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ní jiān
    ni2 jian1
ni chien
 nikon
nirgrantha, 尼健; 尼乾 (尼乾陀); 尼虔, freed from all ties, a naked mendicant, tr. by 離繋, 不繋, 無結 devotees who are free from all ties, wander naked, and cover themselves with ashes. Mahāvīra, one of this sect, called 若提 Jñāti after his family, and also 尼乾陀若提子 Nirgrantha-jñātiputra, was an opponent of Śākyamuni. His doctrines were determinist, everything being fated, and no religious practices could change one's lot.

尼犍子

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ní jiān zí
    ni2 jian1 zi2
ni chien tzu
 nikenshi
naked mendicant

尼犍度

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ní jiān dù
    ni2 jian1 du4
ni chien tu
 ni kendo
bhikṣuṇī-khaṇḍa, a division of the Vinaya, containing the rules for nuns.

尼犍道

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ní jiān dào
    ni2 jian1 dao4
ni chien tao
 nikendō
the path of the Nirgrantha

尼犍陀弗咀羅


尼犍陀弗咀罗

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ní jiān tuó fú jǔ luó
    ni2 jian1 tuo2 fu2 ju3 luo2
ni chien t`o fu chü lo
    ni chien to fu chü lo
 Nikenda hotara
Nirgrantha-putra, idem Jñāti.

大薩遮尼犍子


大萨遮尼犍子

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dà sà zhē ní jiān zǐ
    da4 sa4 zhe1 ni2 jian1 zi3
ta sa che ni chien tzu
 Daisatsusha Nikenshi
Mahāsatya-nirgrantha. An ascetic who is said to have become a disciple of the Buddha.

摩尼犍大龍王


摩尼犍大龙王

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mó ní jiān dà lóng wáng
    mo2 ni2 jian1 da4 long2 wang2
mo ni chien ta lung wang
 Maniken dairyūō
Maṇiskandhanāga. The nāga king in whose hand is the talismanic pearl.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 7 results for "尼犍" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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