DILA Glossaries for Buddhist Studies

A Glossary of Kumārajīva's translation of the Lotus Sūtra

法鼓
法鼓(fǎ gŭ)　“the Drum of the Dharma”　Cf. 大法鼓(dà fǎ gŭ), 甘露法鼓(gān lù fǎ gŭ);
HD. 5.1045b(法華經); DK. 6.1046c(法華經); Krsh(1998) , s.v.;
3a27.又見佛子　定慧具足　以無量喩　爲衆講法　欣樂説法　化諸菩薩　破魔兵衆　而撃法鼓(v)
K. 12.12.dharma-dundubhi~; Z. 64c24.法鼓;
62a12(K. 481.9.do.; Z. 134a1.法鼓)
A Glossary of Kumārajīva's translation of the Lotus Sūtra

大法鼓
大法鼓(dà fǎ gŭ)　“the Drum of the great Dharma”　Cf. 法鼓(fǎ gŭ);
not found at HD. 2.1350.; not found at DK. 3.439.; Krsh(1998) , s.v.;
3c13.今佛世尊欲説大法，雨大法雨，吹大法螺，撃大法鼓，演大法義(p)
K. 16.11.mahā-dharma-dundubhi-; Z. 65c12.大法鼓;
24b6.(Mahābrahmans said:)“唯願天人尊　轉無上法輪　撃于大法鼓　而吹大法螺”(v)
K. 174.2.dharmamaya~ ... dundubhi~; Z. 91a17.(講)若干法　聲若雷震;
55a1(K. 421.8.dharma-bherī~; Z. 127a10.法鼓)
A Glossary of Kumārajīva's translation of the Lotus Sūtra

甘露法鼓
甘露法鼓(gān lù fǎ gŭ)　“the drum of the ambrosial doctrine”　Cf. 法鼓(fǎ gŭ);
not found at HD. 7.976.; not found at DK. 7.1024.;
24c26.(Mahābrahmans said:)“世尊轉法輪　撃甘露法鼓　度苦惱衆生　開示涅槃道”(v)
K. 178.10.amṛtasya dundubhi~; Z. 91b23.法鼓;