如来
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See also: 如來
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 如来 – see 如來 (“tathagata”). (This term is the simplified form of 如來). |
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 如 | 来 |
| にょ Grade: S |
らい Grade: 2 |
| goon | on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 如來 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From the Middle Chinese compound 如來 (MC nyo loj), an abbreviation of either 如去如來 (MC nyo khjoX nyo loj) or 如來如去 (MC nyo loj nyo khjoX, “coming from suchness, going back into suchness”), translations of Sanskrit तथागत (tathāgata, “coming from suchness, going back into suchness; thus coming, thus going”, exact meaning uncertain, see 
Tathāgata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).[1][2]
First cited to a section of the 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi) dated to 766 CE.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Synonyms
- 多陀阿伽度 (Tadāgata) (rare)
Proper noun
- the Buddha
Synonyms
- 多陀阿伽度 (Tadāgata) (rare)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN