Chudai: 3 definitions

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Chudai means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Google Books: Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

Chudai (Japanese—shibi chūdai) refers to the “office (dealing with the affairs)” (of Empress Kōmyō).— It is not until the Tempyō period (729–749) that we see a real growth in the circulation of esoteric texts, mainly due to the intensification of relations with China and increased state sponsorship of Buddhism under Emperor Shōmu (701–756).—Shōmu not only planned the construction of Tōdaiji and its great Buddha figure and established the network of provincial temples (kokubunji) and nun-neries (kokubunniji), he also actively supported the copying of Sūtras. His wife, Empress Kōmyō (701–760), also a devout Buddhist, supervised the newly renamed and revitalized Sūtra Scriptorium (shakyōjo, originally shakyōshi), probably as a result of the arrival of Gembō and Daoxuan. [...] There was also the court, with its the shibi chūdai, the office dealing with the affairs of Empress Kōmyō .

India history and geography

Source: CORE: The concept of danzo: "Sandalwood images" in Japanese Buddhist sculpture of the 8th to 14th centuries

Chudai (in Japanese—chūdai hachiyōin) refers to the “central field” (of the Mandala of the Womb World), as depicted by a temple-hall shaped Dangan (small portable shrines made from sandalwood).—Dangan are intricately carved on the inside with Buddhist deities showing a magnificent display of shogon (sublime splendour). [...] Iconographically the surviving Japanese dangan represent images of Amida Nyorai, Senju Kannon, Nyoirin Kannon, Monju bosatsu, and Aizen Myoo, which were all popular deities for personal worship during the Fujiwara and Kamakura periods, when these dangan were made and reflect their function as personal devotional icons. The only iconographic exception is the temple-hall shaped dangan representing the central field (chudai hachiyoin [chūdai hachiyōin]) of the Mandala of the Womb World (Japanese: taizōkai mandara; Sanskrit: garbhadhātu-maṇḍala) with Dainichi Nyorai at its centre. Iconographically and in terms of its shallow relief carving, this dangan is very close to relief-carved sandalwood panels (dan-inbutsu), which mostly represent mandalas, and therefore is a unique example amongst dangan. [...] The inside of the shrine surrounded by a pearl-string border, shows the central section of the taizokai mandara with the eight-petalled lotus flower (chudai hachiyoin [chūdai hachiyōin]) depicting the Five Wisdom Buddhas (Japanese: gochi nyorai; Sanskrit: pañcatathāgata) with Dainichi Nyorai at the centre and the remaining four Buddhas placed at die four cardinal directions interspersed with four Bodhisattvas as symbols of the different aspects of the absolute nature of Dainichi.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Chudai in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) the act or process of copulation (by a male), performance of sexual act by man..—chudai (चुदाई) is alternatively transliterated as Cudāī.

2) Chuḍāī (छुडाई):—(nf) release; a ransom.

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