A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶
mahā, great, large, very; also摩醯; 莫訶.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩薩摩訶薩
bodhisattva-mahāsattva.mahāsattvais the perfectedbodhisattva, greater than any other being except a Buddha.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶拘絺羅
Mahākauṣṭhila, a disciple of the Buddha; also 摩訶俱瑟耻羅; v. 拘.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶摩耶
mahāmāyā, intp. by M.W. as 'great deceit or illusion worldly illusion, the divine power of illusion (which makes the material universe appear as if really existing and renders it cognizable by the senses), the Great Illusion (the illusory nature of worldly objects personified and identified with Durgā)'. Mahāmāyā was the wife of Śuddhodana, and mother of Śākyamuni. He, Siddhārtha, was born 'from her right side', and she died seven days later, her sister Mahāprajāpati becoming his foster mother. Also called 摩訶第脾 Mahādevī; 摩訶夫人 Lady Māyā, etc.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶毘盧遮那
v. 毘. Mahāvairocana.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶毘訶羅
Mahāvihāra. A monastery near Anurādhāpura, Ceylon, where Faxian (A.D. 400) found 3,000 inmates.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶毘訶羅住部
Mahā-vihāravāsināḥ. 'A subdivision of the Mahāsthavirāḥ school, which combated the Mahāyāna system.' Eitel.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶提婆
Mahādeva, the greatdeva, Maheśvara, i.e. Śiva; also a former incarnation of Śākyamuni; and name of anarhat.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶波闍波提
Mahāprajāpatī, title of aunt and nurse of Śākyamuni; reputed as the first abbess; according to theLotusshe is to become a Buddha, under the title of Sarvasattva-priya-darśana. Also摩訶缽剌闍缽底; cf. 憍 Gautamī.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶慮瑟拏
Mahāroṣaṇa, the angrydeva.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶目犍連
Mahāmaudgalyāyana, v. 目, one of the chief disciples of Śākyamuni, at whose left his image is placed, Śāriputra being on the right. Mahāsthāmaprāpta is said to be a form of Maudgalyāyana.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶目脂鄰陀
(or 摩訶目真鄰陀) Mahāmucilinda, name of anāga-king, etc., v. 目.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶袒特
Mahātantra (dhāraṇī), great spell power for overcoming the evil and cleaving to the good.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶羅
mahallakas, old, stupid, ignorant; also 摩迦羅; 莫訶洛迦 (or 莫喝洛迦).A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶羅闍
mahārāja, a great or superior king; a king.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶耶那提婆
Mahāyānadeva, a title given to Xuanzang in India; cf. 玄.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶般涅槃那
mahāparinirvāṇa, v. 涅, the great completenirvāṇa, final release, perfect rest.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶般若
mahāprajñā, v. 般, great wisdom, great insight into all truth.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶般若波羅蜜
mahāprajñāpāramitā, v. 般, the great wisdom method of crossing the stream tonirvāṇa, i.e. Buddha-truth.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶菩提寺
Mahābodhi-saṅghārāma. The monastery of the great enlightenment, avihāranear the Bodhidruma at Gayā; cf. 西域記 8 and Faxian.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶薩埵
(摩訶薩) Mahāsattva, 'great being,' one with great compassion and energy, who brings salvation to all living beings; a Bodhisattva; also 摩訶剎頭.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶薩埵王子
Mahāsattva-kumāra-rāja, the noble and royal prince, Śākyamuni.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶衍
(摩訶衍那) Mahāyāna, 大乘 q.v. the real Vehicle, in contrast with Hīnayāna 小乘. Also 摩訶夜那 (or 摩訶夜泥).A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶諾伽那
mahānagna, 'quite naked' (M.W.); great naked powerful spirits, cf. 諾.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶質帝薩埵
mahācittasattva. A great-mind being, abodhisattva. Also 摩訶菩堤質帝薩埵.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶迦葉
(摩訶迦葉波) Mahākāśyapa, or Kāśyapadhātu 迦葉 (迦葉頭陀), a Brahman of Magadha, disciple of Śākyamuni; accredited with presiding over the first synod, hence known as 上座; also with supervising the first compilation of the Buddha's sermons; is reckoned as the first Patriarch, v. 二十八祖 and 迦.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶迦旃延
Mahākātyāyana, one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni; v. 大 and 迦.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶迦羅
Mahākāla, the great blackdeva, v. 大黑.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶那伽
Mahānāga, the greatnāga, 'one of the elephants that support the world.' M.W. A title of a Buddha, or of anarhat.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶那摩
摩訶男 Mahānāman, one of the first five of Śākyamuni's converts.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶那缽
Mahāsthāmaprāpta, thebodhisattva大勢至 q. v.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶缽特摩
mahāpadma, defined by M.W. as a great 'white' lotus; but intp. in China as the great red lotus, after which the eighth cold hell is named. As the great white lotus it is a Buddha-throne, of purity and fragrance.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶僧祇部
Mahāsāṅghikāḥ, or Mahāsaṅghanikāya; 大眾部 one of the four branches of the Vaibhāṣika, said to have been formed after the second synod in opposition to the Sthavirās, marking the first division in the Buddhist church. Followers of Mahākāśyapa. After the third synod this school split into five sects: Pūrvaśāila, Avaraśāila, Haimavatā, Lokottaravādinas, Prajñāptivādinas.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶僧祇律
The great canon of monastic rules, tr. by Buddhabhadra and Faxian in 40juan.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶剌佗
Mahārāṣṭra. 'The Mahratta country, an ancient kingdom in the north-west corner of the Deccan, near the upper course of the Godavery.' Eitel.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶因陀羅
Mahendra, v. 摩哂.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶婆羅
(or 摩訶娑羅) Mahāsāra. 'An ancient city in Central India, the present Masar, about 30 miles west of Patna.' Eitel.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶尼羅
(or 摩訶泥羅)mahānīla, dark-blue, a sapphire; described as the large blue pearl of Indra, perhaps the Indranīla.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶憍曇彌
Mahāgautamī, aunt and nurse of Śākyamuni. Cf. 憍.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶曼殊沙華
mahāmañjūṣaka, a red flower yielding the madder (munjeeth of Bengal).A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶曼陀羅華
mahāmandārava, a large white lotus; cf. 曼.