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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
大千世界 see styles |
dà qiān shì jiè da4 qian1 shi4 jie4 ta ch`ien shih chieh ta chien shih chieh daisen sekai |
great wide world; marvelously diverse world; (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) A major chiliocosm, or universe, of 3,000 great chiliocosms, v. 三千大千. |
三千大千世界 see styles |
sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4 san ch`ien ta ch`ien shih chieh san chien ta chien shih chieh sanzendaisensekai さんぜんだいせんせかい |
cosmos (Buddhism) {Buddh} the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened tri-sahasra-mahā-sahasra-loka-dhātu, a great chiliocosm; 三千; 三千界, 三千世界. Mt. Sumeru and its seven surrounding continents, eight seas and ring of iron mountains form one small world; 1, 000 of these form a small chiliocosm 小千世界; 1, 000 of these small chiliocosms form a medium chiliocosm 中千世界; a thousand of these form a great chiliocosm 大千世界, which thus consists of 1, 000, 000, 000 small worlds. The 三千 indicates the above three kinds of thousands, therefore 三千大千世界 is the same as 大千世界, which is one Buddha-world. |
量等三千大千世界 see styles |
liáng děng sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè liang2 deng3 san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4 liang teng san ch`ien ta ch`ien shih chieh liang teng san chien ta chien shih chieh ryōtō sanzen daisen sekai |
equal in volume to a great trichiliocosm |
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