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Sariputra
shě lì fú tǎ
舍利弗塔 is the name Sariputra or Śāriputra in Chinese (Mandarin).
Often written in a shorter form as 舍利弗 (shě lì fú). This name comes from the Sanskrit शारिपुत्र or Śāriputra, and from Pali as Sāriputta.
This name comes from the closest disciple of the Buddha, Śāriputra, who helped establish the legacy of the Sangha (community of monks).
Sariputra
sariputora
サリプトラ is the name Sariputra in Japanese Katakana.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
四衆 四众 see styles |
sì zhòng si4 zhong4 ssu chung shishu; shishuu / shishu; shishu ししゅ; ししゅう |
(1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); (2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies The four varga (groups, or orders), i. e. bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka and upāsikā, monks, nuns, male and female devotees. Another group, according to Tiantai's commentary on the Lotus, is 發起衆 the assembly which, through Śāriputra, stirred the Buddha to begin his Lotus Sutra sermons; 當機衆 the pivotal assembly, those who were responsive to him; 影向衆 the reflection assembly, those like Mañjuśrī, etc., who reflected on, or drew out the Buddha's teaching; and 結緣衆 those who only profited in having seen and heard a Buddha, and therefore whose enlightenment is delayed to a future life. |
均提 see styles |
jun tí jun1 ti2 chün t`i chün ti Kindai |
Kunti, (a) said to be a devoted disciple of Śāriputra; (b) one of the attendants on Mañjuśrī. |
奢利 see styles |
shē lì she1 li4 she li Shari |
奢利弗多羅(or 奢利富多羅); 奢利補擔羅 v. 舍 Śāriputra. |
寶珠 宝珠 see styles |
bǎo zhū bao3 zhu1 pao chu houju / hoju ほうじゅ |
(surname) Houju maṇi, a precious pearl, or gem; a talisman; a symbol of Śāriputra. |
帝沙 see styles |
dì shā di4 sha1 ti sha teisa / tesa ていさ |
(female given name) Teisa Tiṣya; an ancient Buddha; also the father of Śāriputra. |
文殊 see styles |
wén shū wen2 shu1 wen shu monju もんじゅ |
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness (Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju (文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N. |
至沙 see styles |
zhì shā zhi4 sha1 chih sha Shisha |
帝沙 Tiṣya, an ancient Buddha. The father of Śāriputra. A son of Śuklodana. |
舍利 see styles |
shè lì she4 li4 she li shari |
ashes after cremation; Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) (1) śārī, śārikā; a bird able to talk, intp. variously, but, M. W. says the mynah. Śārikā was the name of Śāriputra's mother, because her eyes were bright and clever like those of a mynah; there are other interpretation (2) śarīra(m). 設利羅 (or 室利羅); 實利; 攝 M004215 藍 Relics or ashes left after the cremation of a buddha or saint; placed in stupas and worhipped. The white represent bones; the black, hair; and the red, flesh. Also called dhātu-śarīra or dharma-śarīra. The body, a dead body. The body looked upon as dead by reason of obedience to the discipline, meditation, and wisdom. The Lotus Sutra and other sutras are counted as relics, Śākyamuni's relics are said to have amounted to 八斛四斗 84 pecks, for which Aśoka is reputed to have built in one day 84,000 stupas; but other figures are also given. śarīra is also intp. by grains of rice, etc., and by rice as food. |
華光 华光 see styles |
huā guāng hua1 guang1 hua kuang haruhi はるひ |
(female given name) Haruhi Padmaprabha, Lotus-radiance, the name by which Śāriputra is to be known as a Buddha. |
訓若 训若 see styles |
xùn ruò xun4 ruo4 hsün jo Kunnya |
Sañjana, 'entirely vanquishing' name of the founder of one of the ten heretical sects. Also, one of the six Tīrthyas, former teacher of Maudgālayayana and Śāriputra; also, a king of yakṣas; cf. 珊. |
身子 see styles |
shēn zi shen1 zi5 shen tzu Shinshi |
body; pregnancy; health Śāriputra |
鶖子 鹙子 see styles |
qiū zǐ qiu1 zi3 ch`iu tzu chiu tzu |
(鶖鷺子) Śāriputra, also 秋露子 meaning son of Śārī, his mother; śārī is a kind of bird 'commonly called the Maina'. M.W. It is tr. as a stork. Cf. 舍. |
優波替 优波替 see styles |
yōu bō tì you1 bo1 ti4 yu po t`i yu po ti Uhatai |
(優波舍) v. 舍 Upatiṣya (son of Tiṣya), i.e. Śāriputra. |
目犍連 目犍连 see styles |
mù jiān lián mu4 jian1 lian2 mu chien lien Mokkenren |
目連; 摩訶目犍連 (or 摩訶羅夜那); 大目犍連 (or 大目乾連) ; 沒特伽羅子 (or 沒力伽羅子); 目伽略 (Mahā-) Maudgalyāyana, or Maudgalaputra; explained by Mudga 胡豆 lentil, kidney-bean. One of the ten chief disciples of Śākyamuni, specially noted for miraculous powers; formerly an ascetic, he agreed with Śāriputra that whichever first found the truth would reveal it to the other. Śāriputra found the Buddha and brought Maudgalyāyana to him; the former is placed on the Buddha's right, the latter on his left. He is also known as 拘栗 Kolita, and when reborn as Buddha his title is to be Tamāla-patra-candana-gandha. In China Mahāsthāmaprapta is accounted a canonization of Maudgalyāyana. Several centuries afterwards there were two other great leaders of the Buddhist church bearing the same name, v. Eitel. |
瞿伽離 瞿伽离 see styles |
jù qié lí ju4 qie2 li2 chü ch`ieh li chü chieh li Gugari |
Gokālī; Kokālī; Kokāliya; Kokālika; 瞿迦離; 仇伽離; 倶伽離; 倶迦利, etc. The 智度論 1 says a follower of Devadatta who was sent to hell for accusing Śariputra and Maudgalyāyana of fornication. Eitel says "the parent of Devadatta". |
秋露子 see styles |
qiū lù zǐ qiu1 lu4 zi3 ch`iu lu tzu chiu lu tzu Shūroshi |
Śāriputra |
舍利子 see styles |
shè lì zi she4 li4 zi5 she li tzu Sharishi |
ashes after cremation; Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) Śāriputra |
舍利弗 see styles |
shè lì fú she4 li4 fu2 she li fu todoroki とどろき |
(surname) Todoroki 奢利弗羅 (or 奢利弗多羅 or 奢利富羅or 奢利富多羅); 奢利補担羅; 舍利子Śāriputra. One of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, born at Nālandāgrāṃa, the son of Śārikā and Tiṣya, hence known as Upatiṣya; noted for his wisdom and learning; he is the "right-hand attendant on Śākyamuni". The followers of the Abhidharma count him as their founder and other works are attributed, without evidence, to him. He figures prominently in certain sutras. He is said to have died before his master; he is represented as standing with Maudgalyāyana by the Buddha when entering nirvana. He is to reappear as Padmaprabha Buddha 華光佛. |
鶖鷺子 see styles |
qiū lù zǐ qiu1 lu4 zi3 ch`iu lu tzu chiu lu tzu |
*Śāriputra |
伽羅夜叉 伽罗夜叉 see styles |
qié luó yè chā qie2 luo2 ye4 cha1 ch`ieh lo yeh ch`a chieh lo yeh cha Karayasha |
Kālaka, a yakṣa who smote Śāriputra on the head while in meditation, without his perceiving it. |
優婆至沙 优婆至沙 see styles |
yōu pó zhì shā you1 po2 zhi4 sha1 yu p`o chih sha yu po chih sha Ubashisha |
(or 優婆室沙) Upatiṣya, i.e. Śāriputra, v. 舍. |
十大弟子 see styles |
shí dà dì zǐ shi2 da4 di4 zi3 shih ta ti tzu juudaideshi / judaideshi じゅうだいでし |
{Buddh} the ten great disciples (of Buddha) The ten chief discip1es of Śākyamuni, each of whom was master of one power or gift. Śāriputra of wisdom; Maudgalyāyana of supernatural powers; Mahākāśyapa of discipline; Aniruddha of 天眼 deva vision; Subhūti of explaining the void or immaterial; Pūrṇa of expounding the law; Kātyāyana of its fundamental principles; Upāli of maintaining the rules; Rāhula of the esoteric; and Ānanda of hearing and remembering. |
四大弟子 see styles |
sì dà dì zǐ si4 da4 di4 zi3 ssu ta ti tzu shi dai daishi |
The four great disciples of the Buddha— Śāriputra, Mahāmaudgalyāyana, Subhūti, and Mahākāśyapa. Another group is Mahākāśyapa, Piṇḍola, Rāhula, and ? Kauṇḍinya. |
大拘絺那 see styles |
dà jū chin à da4 ju1 chin1 a4 ta chü chin a Daikuchina |
Mahākauṣṭhila, 摩訶倶絺羅, 摩訶倶祉羅 an eminent disciple of Śākyamuni, maternal uncle of Śāriputra, reputed author of the Saṃgītiparyāya-śāstra. |
憂婆提舍 忧婆提舍 see styles |
yōu pó tí shè you1 po2 ti2 she4 yu p`o t`i she yu po ti she Ubadaisha |
Upatiṣya, perhaps a name of Śāriputra. |
拘瑟耻羅 拘瑟耻罗 see styles |
jū sè chǐ luó ju1 se4 chi3 luo2 chü se ch`ih lo chü se chih lo Kushitsuchira |
Kauṣṭhila, also 倶瑟祉羅; an arhat, maternal uncle of Śāriputra, who became an eminent disciple of Śākyamuni. |
法頌舍利 法颂舍利 see styles |
fǎ sòng shè lì fa3 song4 she4 li4 fa sung she li hōju shari |
Śāriputra's Verse on the Dharma-body |
空生身子 see styles |
kōng shēng shēn zǐ kong1 sheng1 shen1 zi3 k`ung sheng shen tzu kung sheng shen tzu Kūshō Shinshi |
Subhūti and Śāriputra |
舍利弗子 see styles |
shè lì fú zí she4 li4 fu2 zi2 she li fu tzu Shaributsushi |
Śāriputra |
金剛密迹 金刚密迹 see styles |
jīn gāng mì jī jin1 gang1 mi4 ji1 chin kang mi chi kongō misshaku |
The deva-guardians of the secrets of Vairocana, his inner or personal group of guardians in contrast with the outer or major group of Puxian, Mañjuśrī, etc. Similarly, Śāriputra, the śrāvakas, etc., are the 'inner' guardians of Śākyamuni, the bodhisattvas being the major group. Idem 金剛手; 金剛力士; 密迹力士, etc. |
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| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Sariputra | 舍利弗塔 | shě lì fú tǎ she3 li4 fu2 ta3 she li fu ta shelifuta | she li fu t`a shelifuta she li fu ta |
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| Sariputra | サリプトラ | sariputora | ||
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