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There are 7 total results for your 結界 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

結界


结界

see styles
jié jiè
    jie2 jie4
chieh chieh
 kekkai
    けっかい
(Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained; a place so designated; (fantasy fiction) force field; invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 "kekkai")
(1) {Buddh} (fixing) boundaries for religious practices; (2) {Buddh} prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); (3) {Buddh} fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (4) (archaism) (See 帳場格子) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; (5) (colloquialism) (esp. in games, manga, etc.) barrier; dimensional barrier; containment zone; containment barrier; mystical barrier
A fixed place, or territory; a definite area; to fix a place for a monastery, or an altar; a determined number, e.g. for an assembly of monks; a limit. It is a term specially used by the esoteric sects for an altar and its area, altars being of five different shapes.

結界法


结界法

see styles
jié jiè fǎ
    jie2 jie4 fa3
chieh chieh fa
 kekkai hō
ritual for selecting the space of the altar

結界石


结界石

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jié jiè shí
    jie2 jie4 shi2
chieh chieh shih
 kekkai seki
rules tablet

女人結界


女人结界

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nǚ rén jié jiè
    nv3 ren2 jie2 jie4
nü jen chieh chieh
 nyoninkekkai
    にょにんけっかい
prohibition against women entering a sacred area
women-forbidden zone

擇地結界


择地结界

see styles
zé dì jié jiè
    ze2 di4 jie2 jie4
tse ti chieh chieh
 takuchi kekkai
selecting the sacred space (for an altar, etc.)

密教結界法


密教结界法

see styles
mì jiào jié jiè fǎ
    mi4 jiao4 jie2 jie4 fa3
mi chiao chieh chieh fa
 mikkyō kekkai hō
esoteric ritual(s) for the selection of sacred space

擇地結界法


择地结界法

see styles
zé dì jié jiè fǎ
    ze2 di4 jie2 jie4 fa3
tse ti chieh chieh fa
 takuchi kekkai hō
ritual for the selection of sacred space (for an altar, etc.)

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

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



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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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