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There are 9 total results for your 大梵 search.

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大梵

see styles
dà fàn
    da4 fan4
ta fan
 daibon
Mahābrāhmaṇas; the third Brahmaloka, the third region of the first dhyāna. Mahābrahman; the great Brahma, 大梵天; it is also a title of one of the six Guanyin of the Tiantai sect.

大梵天

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dà fàn tiān
    da4 fan4 tian1
ta fan t`ien
    ta fan tien
 Daibon ten
Mahābrahman; Brahma; 跋羅吸摩; 波羅賀磨; 梵覽摩; 梵天王; 梵王; 梵. Eitel says: "The first person of the Brahminical Trimūrti, adopted by Buddhism, but placed in an inferior position, being looked upon not as Creator, but as a transitory devatā whom every Buddhistic saint surpasses on obtaining bodhi. Notwithstanding this, the Saddharma-puṇḍarīka calls Brahma 'the father of all living beings'" 一切衆生之父. Mahābrahman is the unborn or uncreated ruler over all, especially according to Buddhism over all the heavens of form, i.e. of mortality. He rules over these heavens, which are of threefold form: (a) Brahma (lord), (b) Brahma-purohitas (ministers), and (c) Brahma-pāriṣadyāh (people). His heavens are also known as the middle dhyāna heavens, i.e. between the first and second dhyānas. He is often represented on the right of the Buddha. According to Chinese accounts the Hindus speak of him (1) as born of Nārāyaṇa, from Brahma's mouth sprang the brahmans, from his arms the kṣatriyas, from his thighs the vaiśyas, and from his feet the śūdras; (2) as born from Viṣṇu; (3) as a trimūrti, evidently that of Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but Buddhists define Mahābrahma's dharmakāya as Maheśvara (Śiva), his saṃbhogakāya as Nārāyaṇa, and his nirmāṇakāya as Brahmā. He is depicted as riding on a swan, or drawn by swans.

大梵王

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dà fàn wáng
    da4 fan4 wang2
ta fan wang
 dai bonnō
king of the Brahman-heaven

大梵音

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dà fàn yīn
    da4 fan4 yin1
ta fan yin
 dai bonon
a divine voice

大梵天王

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dà fàn tiān wáng
    da4 fan4 tian1 wang2
ta fan t`ien wang
    ta fan tien wang
 Daibon Tennō
Mahābrahma deva rāja, king of the eighteen Brahmalokas.

光明大梵

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guāng míng dà fàn
    guang1 ming2 da4 fan4
kuang ming ta fan
 Kōmyō daibon
Jyotiṣprabhā, the great illustrious Brahman, whose Buddha-realm 'is to contribute some Bodhisattvas for that of Amitābha'. Eitel.

得大梵音

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dé dà fàn yīn
    de2 da4 fan4 yin1
te ta fan yin
 toku dai bonon
a divine voice

飾乾大梵

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shì qián dà fàn
    shi4 qian2 da4 fan4
shih ch`ien ta fan
    shih chien ta fan
Śikhin Brahman

大梵如意天

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dà fàn rú yì tiān
    da4 fan4 ru2 yi4 tian1
ta fan ju i t`ien
    ta fan ju i tien
 Daibon nyoi ten
idem 大梵天 The term is incorrectly said by Chinese interpreters to mean freedom from sexual desire. He is associated with Vairocana, and with fire. v. also 尸棄.
This page contains 9 results for "大梵" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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