阿耨多羅三藐三菩提
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See also: 阿耨多罗三藐三菩提
Chinese
| excellent, incomparable, unsurpassed | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿耨多羅三藐三菩提) | 阿耨多羅 | 三藐三菩提 | |
| simp. (阿耨多罗三藐三菩提) | 阿耨多罗 | 三藐三菩提 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुत्तरा सम्यक् सम्बोधि (anuttarā samyak sambodhi, literally “highest perfect awakening”). Compare Pali anuttara sammā sambodhi.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄋㄡˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢ ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: anòuduoluó sanmiǎo sanpútí
- Wade–Giles: a1-nou4-to1-lo2 san1-miao3 san1-pʻu2-tʻi2
- Yale: ā-nòu-dwō-lwó sān-myǎu sān-pú-tí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anowduoluo sanmeau sanpwutyi
- Palladius: аноудоло саньмяо саньпути (anoudolo sanʹmjao sanʹputi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀä⁵⁵ noʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ sän⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: 'a nuwH ta la sam mjiewX sam bu dzye
Noun
阿耨多羅三藐三菩提
- (Buddhism) the supreme perfect enlightenment
- 佛説是普門品時，眾中八萬四千眾生，皆發無等等，阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 406 CE, Lotus Sutra, chapter 25 (translation by Kumarajiva)
- Fó shuō shì pǔménpǐn shí, zhòng zhōng bāwàn sìqiān zhòngshēng, jiē fā wú děngděng, ānòuduōluó sānmiǎo sānpútí xīn.
- When Buddha finished preaching on the sutra of Avalokiteśvara, the sentient eighty-four thousand in the crowd were aroused with the supreme and perfect enlightenment.
佛说是普门品时，众中八万四千众生，皆发无等等，阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 三世諸佛，依般若波羅蜜多故，得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 7th century CE, Shorter Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya Sutra (translation by Xuanzang)
- Sānshì zhū fó, yī bōrě bōluómìduō gù, dé ānòuduōluó sānmiǎo sānpútí.
- All buddhas of the past, present and future rely on the perfection of wisdom to attain the supreme, perfect enlightenment.
三世诸佛，依般若波罗蜜多故，得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (阿耨多羅三藐三菩提):
- → Japanese: 阿耨多羅三藐三菩提 (anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai)
- → Korean: 아뇩다라 삼먁 삼보리(阿耨多羅三藐三菩提) (anyokdara sammyak sambori)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 阿 | 耨 | 多 | 羅 | 三 | 藐 | 三 | 菩 | 提 |
| あ Jinmeiyō |
のく Hyōgaiji |
た Grade: 2 |
ら Grade: S |
さん Grade: 1 |
みゃく Hyōgaiji |
さん Grade: 1 |
ぼ Jinmeiyō |
だい Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | goon | on'yomi | irregular | on'yomi | kan'yōon | goon | ||
Etymology
Ultimately a transliteration from Sanskrit अनुत्तरा सम्यक् सम्बोधि (anuttarā samyak sambodhi, literally “highest perfect awakening”), via Middle Chinese 阿耨多羅三藐三菩提 (MC 'a nowk ta la sam maewk sam bu dej), possibly through Pali anuttara sammā sambodhi.
Pronunciation
Noun
阿耨多羅三藐三菩提 • (anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai)
- (Buddhism) the supreme perfect enlightenment
- 1018, Wakan Rōeishū (book 2, poem 602 by Dengyō-daishi)
See also
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN