There are 12 total results for your 比丘尼 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
比丘尼 see styles |
bǐ qiū ní bi3 qiu1 ni2 pi ch`iu ni pi chiu ni bikuni びくに |
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni") (1) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) (san: bhiksuni); (2) (hist) travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); (3) (hist) lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 科負い比丘尼) female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts 苾芻尼; 尼姑 bhikṣuṇī. A nun, or almswoman. The first woman to be ordained was the Buddha's aunt Mahāprajāpatī, who had nursed him. In the fourteenth year after his enlightenment the Buddha yielded to persuasion and admitted his aunt and women to his order of religious mendicants, but said that the admission of women would shorten the period of Buddhism by 500 years. The nun, however old, must acknowledge the superiority of every monk; must never scold him or tell his faults; must never accuse him, though he may accuse her; and must in all respects obey the rules as commanded by him. She accepts all the rules for the monks with additional rules for her own order. Such is the theory rather than the practice. The title by which Mahāprajāpatī was addressed was applied to nuns, i. e. ārya, or noble, 阿姨, though some consider the Chinese term entirely native. |
比丘尼ん see styles |
bikunin びくにん |
(archaism) (See 比丘尼・1) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) |
比丘尼戒 see styles |
bǐ qiū ní jiè bi3 qiu1 ni2 jie4 pi ch`iu ni chieh pi chiu ni chieh bikuni kai |
The nun's '500 rules' and the eight commanding respect for monks, cf. 五百戒 and 八敬戒; also 比丘尼戒本 and other works; the 比丘尼僧祇律波羅提木叉戒經 Bhikṣuṇī-sāṃghika-vinaya-prātimokṣa-sūtra was tr. by Faxian and also by Buddhabhadra. |
比丘尼ヶ渕 see styles |
bikunigafuchi びくにがふち |
(place-name) Bikunigafuchi |
比丘尼屋敷 see styles |
bikuniyashiki びくにやしき |
(place-name) Bikuniyashiki |
八百比丘尼 see styles |
yaobikuni; happyakubikuni; obikuni やおびくに; はっぴゃくびくに; おびくに |
yao bhikkhuni; mythical nun who acquired perpetual youth by consuming mermaid flesh |
法樂比丘尼 法乐比丘尼 see styles |
fǎ lè bǐ qiū ní fa3 le4 bi3 qiu1 ni2 fa le pi ch`iu ni fa le pi chiu ni Hōraku bikuni |
Dhammadinnā |
比丘尼八敬戒 see styles |
bǐ qiū ní bā jìng jiè bi3 qiu1 ni2 ba1 jing4 jie4 pi ch`iu ni pa ching chieh pi chiu ni pa ching chieh bikuni hakkyōkai |
eight special rules for nuns |
科負い比丘尼 see styles |
togaoibikuni とがおいびくに |
(hist) female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's misdemeanours and farts |
大愛道比丘尼經 大爱道比丘尼经 see styles |
dà ài dào bǐ qiū ní jīng da4 ai4 dao4 bi3 qiu1 ni2 jing1 ta ai tao pi ch`iu ni ching ta ai tao pi chiu ni ching Daiaidō bikuni kyō |
Daaidao biqiuni jing |
曇摩提那比丘尼 昙摩提那比丘尼 see styles |
tán mó tin à bǐ qiū ní tan2 mo2 tin2 a4 bi3 qiu1 ni2 t`an mo tin a pi ch`iu ni tan mo tin a pi chiu ni Donmadaina bikuni |
Dhammadinnā |
Variations: |
heoibikuni へおいびくに |
(hist) female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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