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There are 15 total results for your 須彌 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

須彌


须弥

see styles
xū mí
    xu1 mi2
hsü mi
 Shumi
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
Sumeru, also 須彌樓; 彌樓; 蘇彌樓; 修迷樓; later 蘇迷盧; the central mountain of every world, tr. as 妙高; 妙光, etc., wonderful height, wonderful brilliancy, etc.; at the top is Indra's heaven, or heavens, below them are the four devalokas; around are eight circles of mountains and between them the eight seas, the whole forming nine mountains and eight seas.

須彌壇

see styles
xū mí tán
    xu1 mi2 tan2
hsü mi t`an
    hsü mi tan
Sumeru altar

須彌子

see styles
 sumiko
    すみこ
(female given name) Sumiko

須彌山


须弥山

see styles
xū mí shān
    xu1 mi2 shan1
hsü mi shan
 Shumisen
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
Sumeru

須彌座


须弥座

see styles
xū mí zuò
    xu1 mi2 zuo4
hsü mi tso
須彌壇 A kind of throne for a Buddha.

須彌樓

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xū mí lóu
    xu1 mi2 lou2
hsü mi lou
(Skt. Sumeru)

須彌相


须弥相

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xū mí xiàng
    xu1 mi2 xiang4
hsü mi hsiang
Merudhvaja, or Merukalpa, name of the universe of 須彌燈王佛, in the northwest, twelfth son of Mahābhijñā.

須彌頂


须弥顶

see styles
xū mí dǐng
    xu1 mi2 ding3
hsü mi ting
Merukūṭa, second son of Mahābhijñā, whose name is 須蜜羅天 Abhirati.

須彌天冠

see styles
xū mí tiān guàn
    xu1 mi2 tian1 guan4
hsü mi t`ien kuan
    hsü mi tien kuan
Sumeru-Kūṭa

須彌山派

see styles
xū mí shān pài
    xu1 mi2 shan1 pai4
hsü mi shan p`ai
    hsü mi shan pai
Sumisan school

須彌山王

see styles
xū mí shān wáng
    xu1 mi2 shan1 wang2
hsü mi shan wang
[King of] Mt. Sumeru

須彌山頂

see styles
xū mí shān dǐng
    xu1 mi2 shan1 ding3
hsü mi shan ting
peak of Mt. Sumeru

須彌等曜

see styles
xū mí děng yào
    xu1 mi2 deng3 yao4
hsü mi teng yao
Sumeru-Kalpa

如須彌山


如须弥山

see styles
rú xū mí shān
    ru2 xu1 mi2 shan1
ju hsü mi shan
 nyo shumisan
like Mt. Sumeru

須彌盧山王

see styles
xū mí lú shān wáng
    xu1 mi2 lu2 shan1 wang2
hsü mi lu shan wang
Sumeru

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

This page contains 15 results for "須彌" 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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