A Sinocentric Life of the BuddhaGlossary

(This is a printout version of the glossary frame associated with the Sinocentric Life of the Buddha, available at http://anthro.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/scriptorium/fortwo/fortwo.htmlSimplified characters are given first; traditional ones follow in curly brackets.)

AAnba { }

name of a villageAn-mlu { }

name of a singing girlAn-mlu shyun { }

name of a grove

Bba jng fa { }

eight commands issued specifically for female followers.Bt { or Mnbt { }

Bhadrika, Bhaddiya: a prince at the court of King JngfnBazh { }

name of a villagebbolu { }

a kind of treebiqiu { }

bhikchu: mendicant scholars; disciples of the BuddhaBoge-suo { }

a fellow-student of Xid-duoBolu-ni { }

name of a town (and kingdom) where Varanasi (Benares) now standsBop Ta { }

name of a pagoda (ta)

Cchndng { }

dhyana: meditationChen { }

Chandaka or Channa: Xid-duo's driverchujia { }

pravraj: to leave one's family and become a mendicant; the less common full phrase is chujia rdo { }; to leave home and enter the Way. A common translation is "renounce the family." Buddhism does not condemn families, but families are believed often to be distracting from religious advancement.

chujiarn { }a person who has left home to become a wandering mendicant; or to become a Buddhist monk or nun. (Occasionally the term is used for leaving home only metaphorically.)

Chntu { }the son of a goldsmith

cbei { }compassion, pity; merciful.

DD'e-numa { }

name of a riverDh-qi { }

name of a towndju { }

mayabodhi: the supreme bodhi or Great EnlightenmentDln Jingsh { }

Great Forest Hermitage or Venuvana monasteryDln Jingsh { }

Hermitage of the Great WoodDp-sha { }

Trapusa2222 an early followerdzi { }

follower, disciple

EEla-chun { }

a prince at the court of King JngfnE-lub-kepan { }

an early disciplee-luhn { }

See luhn.Elu-ln { }

Aranda Kalama?2222 a famous religious teacherEmtu-f { }

Amitabha buddha2222 the Amida or Amitabha buddhaEnn { or Enntu { }

Ananda2222 prince at the court of King Jngfn and cousin of the Buddha who became the Buddha's closest disciple. Sometimes called Duown { or "Heard Much" because he remembered teachings and compiled scriptures after the death of the Buddha.

Enn-dd { }See Enn.

Enn-tu { }See Enn.

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Enu-lu { }a prince at the court of King Jngfn

Enu-py { }name of a village

Eru Jiao-chnr { }Ajata-kaundinya: See Jiao-chnr.

Esh-sh { }Ajatasatru: the son of King Pnp-suolu and friend of Tp-dduo

Eshuo-sh { }Assaj, Asvajit: a servant of King Jngfn

Esi-tu { }name of a sage

Ffa { }

dharma: "law" and by extension Buddhist doctrinef { }

buddhaffa { }

buddhadharma: doctrines of the buddhas. The term fa means law, but in a Buddhist context the intended meaning is the principles underlying cosmic principles like karma and reincarnation, so the translation "law," like fa itself, while traditional, is misleading.

ftu { }buddha

Ggngyng { }

act of merit; to offer sustenance to a mendicant

HHat { }

name of a villagehngfa { }

spreading the doctrine

Jjngju { }

perfect awarenessJia-bila { }

a prince at the court of King JngfnJiali-tuy { }

Kalodayin: name of a one-time playmate (or teacher) of Xid-duo

Jianzh { }Kanthaka or Kantakanam: name of Xid-duo's horse, also known as Mawng {

, King of HorsesJiao-chnr { or Qio-chnr { }

Kondanna, Ajata-KaundinyaJiap-lu { or Jibilu { }

Kapilavastu or Kapilavatthu (possibly Tiraulakot in modern Nepal)Jiaqu-cuo { }

name of a riverJiay { }

surname of three brothersji { }

precaution, regulation, prohibition (often translated "precept" in English, which carries less sense of prohibition)

Jifa-wido { }name of a hamlet

Jigud-zhangzhe { }name of a supporter

Jngfa Ji { }the "Festival of Reverencing the Law."

Jngfn {Dronodana raja (same as Hfn wng { } ?): father of the Buddha

jingsh { }hermitage, religious cottage or retreat

jingxng { }scripture walking, i.e., walking during meditation or religious contemplation, as around

a meditation halljsng { }

to recite, chantju { }

bodhi: understanding, awakening.juw { }

awakening, consciousness, awarenessJulu-tu { }

name of a seekerjush { }

home-dwelling followerJushi-nu { }

Kusinagara: name of a city (Kasiah, northwest of Patna), where the Buddha died.

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Kuxng Ln { }Uruvilva Kasyapa: Forest of Mortification

LLn-pn { or Ln-pn { }

Lumbini or Lumbini: name of the park where the Buddha was bornlujn zh { }

asravaksaya-jana : consciousness of detachmentluhn { }

arhan, arhat: generic name for early disciples. Various numbers or sets of luhn are honored in temples, most commonly a set of 18. Some figures regarded as luhn in southern Buddhism are regarded as ps in Mahayana.

Lu-hulu { }Rahulo, Rahula: name of Xid-duo's son. The name means "obstacle" or "eclipse," but is sometimes interpreted in Chinese as meaning "circle," referring to the circle of commitments that prevent concentration on salvation.

Lye yun { }Uruvela, Mrgadava : place name

MMawng { , see Jianzh.Ml-f { }

Maitreya: the buddha of the futureMhe-bosh-bot { }

Mahaprajapati (also: D'ido { ): name of Xid-duo's auntMhe-nn { }

Mahanama (same as Mnn-jl { or mnn-jul {, Mahanama-Kulika): an early disciple

Mjie-tu { }Magadha, a kingdom, regarded as the heartland of Buddhism

Mlu { }name of a clan

My { }Mahamaya, Maya, or Matrka , mother of Xid-duo

Mgua Ln { }Uruvilva: a papaya grove

Mjian-lin { }Mahamaudgalyayana: religious name of Julu-tu { , a disciple and assistant of Xid-duo

NNntu { }

younger second cousin of Xid-duo

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ninsng { }recite, chant

nipn { }nirvana : nirvana, a state of escape from the cycle of reincarnation; complete extinction

of individual existence (regarded as desirable because existence entails suffering)Nlinchn { }

name of a riverNud { }

name of a riverNula-jli { }

name of an elephant

PPentu-wa { }

place namePnp-suolu { }

Bimbisara or Bimbasara: a kingplu-mn { }

Brahman: Brahman (highest caste in ancient India, from which priests were drawn); polite term for a religious teacher

Polut mcha jioji { }text of the precepts taught at the Jngfa Ji

Psha-bo { } or Shljiay { }Vappa or Dasabala-Kasyapa: an early follower

Psuo { }a prince at the court of King Jngfn

Pl-jia { }Bhallika: an early follower

ps { }bodhisattva: a person who has qualified for nirvana but holds back in order to share his

or her merit with suffering humanity to help others on the way to nirvana. (Short for pt-sduo { } , which is rarely used.)

pt { }bodhi: knowledge, truth, wisdom. The pt tree is a kind of fig.

QQio-chnr { }

See Jiao-chnr.Qio-dm { }

Shuddhodana (surname)Qp { }

name of a doctorQsh-ku { }

place name

Qyun jingsh { } Earthgod Garden Hermitage (at the town of Shwi{ })

Qutn { } or Qio-dm { }Gautama (surname)

RRndeng-f { }

the "Lamplighter Buddha" who preceded Shjia-mun.Rnb { }

name of a villageRli { }

title taken by the Buddha. It literally means "thus come."

Ssanbao { (1) triratna, or ratnatraya: three treasures (f, fa, seng)sanbao { (2) Three statues in the main hall of some temples: The particular

combination varies, but is usually Sjiaf in the middle, with Yoshi on his left hand and Emtu on his right.

seng { }sangha : Buddhist priest or priesthood

shamn { }srama?a : any kind of ascetic (also used for shamans); a dshamn {

(mahasramana) or "great shamn," is an honorific title for the Buddha or for high-ranking Buddhists.

sham { }disciple in the new Buddhist movement, a category of follower slightly below a biqiu.

Shnju { or Shnju-zhangzhe { }Suprabuddha

Shnsheng { }Sujata: name of a person

Shan-shy { }name of a religious teacher

Sh-lf { }Sariputra: religious name of Youbo-shsha { , a disciple and assistant

sheng-lao-bng-si { }birth, old age, sickness, and death

shngrn { }saintly person

Shwi { }name of a town

Shjia { }Shakya or Sakya

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Shjia-f { }Sakyamuni buddha

Shjia-mun { }Sakyamuni

Shzun { }lokajyestha , lokanatha, bhagavan, bhagavat: "Lord of the World," a title of the Buddha

s { }monastery

Sudy { }name of a person

smng zh { }purvanivasanusm?ti-(jana): consciousness of fate

suolu { }a kind of tree

Suy-dnu { }name of a maiden who nursed the Buddha back to health

TTinn { }

a city in TiwanTiwan { }

a province of Chinatizi { }

princeTianb { }

See Tianb-chng.Tianb-chng { }

Devadarsita or Devadistatianyan zh { }

divyacaksus : consciousness of universal insightTianzun { }

"Celestial Lord," a title of the Buddha (also by Daoists to refer to their divinities as counterparts of the Buddhist term Shzun.)

Tp-dduo { }Devadatta: a prince at the court of King Jngfn and cousin and rival of the Buddha.

tuobo { }a begging bowl; to beg with a bowl

Wwido { }

heretic, wild non-conformistwnggeng ji { }

plowing festival

Wngsh { }Rajagrha name of a town

wu' { }See wuji.

wuji { }paca-veramani : five prohibitions binding on the laity as well as on clerics (namely

against killing, stealing, adultery, lying, and intoxication, or in Chinese b shasheng; b toudo; b xiyn; b wngyu; byinjiu ; ; ; ; {

; ; ; ; }) Also called the five sins (wu' { }).wsuoyou chdng { }

knowledge of things of this world and other worlds; contemplation of nothingness, producing serenity

Wwoxing jing { }"Scripture of Non-Self"

Xxianrn {

rici: holy men (technically earth-dwelling immortals), generic term for a holy man or sage, carrying an implication of magic

Xid-duo { }Siddhartha, Siddhartha, Sarvathasiddha

Xilin-chn { }name of a river

Xi-nun { }place name

xiudo { }to practice religious austerities

xiudozhe { }ascetics, wandering monks

xiufnxng { }the way to avoid suffering and/or gain religious merit by leading an ascetic life

Xub-tulu { }the Buddha's last convert

Yynf { }

a kind of treeYoshi-f { }

Bhaisajyaguru , Bhaisajya buddha: the buddha of medicineYsh { }

name of a person, a disciple of Enn.Yshu-tulu { }

Yashodhara,Yasodhara: wife of Xid-duo

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yinguo { }cause and effect

Youbo-shsha { }name of a seeker

Youlu-pnlu { }place name

Ytu-lujia { }Udraka Ramaputra, name of a sage

ZZhanb-zhou { }

ancient name of Indiazhantn'er { }

"sandalwood ear," a fruit or fungus of the sandalwood tree.zhngju { }

sambodhi: perfect awareness, the wisdom or omniscience of a buddha.zhenli { }

true Principle, true wayZhuan faln jing { }

Dharmatchakra-pravartana sutra: Scripture of the Turning of the Wheel of the LawZhuanln shngwng { }

title of an ancient kingZhln { }

"Bamboo Grove," name of a villageZhln Jingsh { }

Bamboo Forest Retreat, the first monastery

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