Jian tuo, Jiàn tuó, Jiān tuó, Jiǎn tuó: 5 definitions
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In Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism
1) 健陀 [jian tuo]—gandha, smell, scent; a tree producing incense; the first and last also mean (as do 乾陀 [gan tuo] and 乾馱 [gan tuo]) kaṣāya, a colour composed of red and yellow, the monk's robe, but the sounds agree better with kanthā, the patch-robe. Also used for skandha, v. 塞建陀 [sai jian tuo], the five constituents; also for gandharvas, v. 乾闥婆 [gan ta po].
2) 犍陀 [jian tuo]—skandha, v. 塞 [sai].
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犍陀 [jian tuo]—(Jiāntuó) — [Term] 術語 [shu yu]. Skandha (Sanskrit), Pali Khandha. Also written as 蹇陀 [jian tuo] (jiǎntuó) or 犍度 [jian du] (jiāndù). Translated name: Aggregates/Chapters (聚篇章 [ju pian zhang]). See the entry for 犍度條 [jian du tiao] (jiāndù tiáo). (犍度 [jian du])
犍陀—【術語】Skandha 巴 Khandha,又作蹇陀,犍度。譯名聚篇章。見犍度條。(犍度)
[shù yǔ]Skandha bā Khandha, yòu zuò jiǎn tuó, jiān dù. yì míng jù piān zhāng. jiàn jiān dù tiáo.(jiān dù)
[shu yu]Skandha ba Khandha, you zuo jian tuo, jian du. yi ming ju pian zhang. jian jian du tiao.(jian du)
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健陀 [jian tuo]—(Jiàntuó) —
[Miscellaneous Terminology]
Also written as 乾陀 [gan tuo] (gāntuó), 乾馱 [gan tuo] (gānshè), or 健達 [jian da] (jiàndá). Translated as "red color," "yellow color," etc., referring to the color of the kasaya (袈裟 [jia sha]). The Baiyi Jiemo (百一羯磨 [bai yi jie mo]) Vol. 9 states: "乾陀 [gan tuo] color. In Sanskrit, it is Kaṣāya (袈裟野 [jia sha ye]), translated as red color." The Zhangfu Yi (章服儀 [zhang fu yi]) states: "One dyeing with 木蘭 [mu lan] (mùlán) [magnolia/mulberry], which exists in this region. Mostly red with a little black. This is like 乾陀 [gan tuo] color." The Jigui Zhuan (寄歸傳 [ji gui chuan]) Vol. 1 states: "Kasaya is a foreign word, meaning the color of 乾陀 [gan tuo]." (Kanthā or Kanṭaka).
[Name of Object]
Translated as "fragrance," Gandha (香 [xiang]). The Dairi Jing Shu (大日經疏 [da ri jing shu]) Vol. 9 states: "健杜 [jian du] is fragrance." The Dairi Jing (大日經 [da ri jing]) Chapter 2, "Xizhang Pin," uses "." The Mingyi Ji (名義集 [ming yi ji]) Vol. 3 states: "乾陀羅耶 [gan tuo luo ye] (gāntuóluóyé), correctly pronounced 健達 [jian da], means 'fragrance' here." The Xuan Ying Yinyi (玄應音義 [xuan ying yin yi]) Vol. 3 states: "健達 [jian da], translated here as 'fragrance'." The Jushe Guangji (俱舍光記 [ju she guang ji]) Vol. 8 states: "健達 [jian da] means fragrance."
[Plant]
Name of a fragrant tree. The Baolou Ge Jing (寶樓閣經 [bao lou ge jing]) annotation states: "乾陀羅樹香 [gan tuo luo shu xiang] (gāntuóluó shù xiāng) is benzoin (安息香 [an xi xiang])." The Yeshu (業疏 [ye shu]) Vol. 4, Part 1, states: "Red is dyed by 木蘭 [mu lan], slightly tinged with black, which is quite similar to the bark of the 乾陀樹 [gan tuo shu] (gāntuó shù) in the South China Sea of this world." The Yuanzhao Yingfa Ji (元照應法記 [yuan zhao ying fa ji]) states: "乾陀樹 [gan tuo shu], the Yeshu says it exists in the South China Sea, suspected to be the Sanskrit word for 木蘭 [mu lan]."
[Other Beings]
Name of a ghost. The Lotus Sutra (法華經 [fa hua jing]), "Dharani Chapter," states: ", 羅 [luo] (jiàntuóluó), yellow ghost." The Jiaxiang Fahua Yishu (嘉祥法華義疏 [jia xiang fa hua yi shu]) Vol. 12 states: "建陀 [jian tuo], translated here as 'red-colored ghost'." The Huilin Yinyi (慧琳音義 [hui lin yin yi]) Vol. 26 states: "建陀 [jian tuo], fully stated as 私 [si](sījiàntuó) Skandha (Skanda), translated here as 'heap' or 'aggregate.' Master Lang said: 'It is a ghost with a crooked lip.'"
[Name of Deva]
Abbreviation of 健達婆 [jian da po] (jiàndábó). One of the Eight Classes of Supernatural Beings (八部眾 [ba bu zhong]). The Ban Zhou Jing (般舟經 [ban zhou jing]) states: "Ghosts and spirits 乾陀 [gan tuo] jointly protect." The Wang Sheng Yao Ji Zhi Mo Chao (往生要集指摩鈔 [wang sheng yao ji zhi mo chao]) Vol. 19 states: "乾陀 [gan tuo] is fully called 健達縛 [jian da fu] (jiàndáfù), also called 乾闥婆 [gan ta po] (gāntàpó); the national pronunciations differ." See entry for 乾闥婆 [gan ta po]. (乾闥婆 [gan ta po])
[Place Name]
Name of a country. Abbreviation of 犍陀羅國 [jian tuo luo guo] (Jiāntuóluó Guó). See entry for 乾陀羅 [gan tuo luo] (gāntuóluó).
健陀—【雜語】又作乾陀、乾馱、健達。譯曰赤色、黃色等,即袈裟之色也。百一羯磨九曰:「乾陀色。梵云袈裟野 Kaṣāya,譯為赤色。」章服儀曰:「木蘭一染,此方有之。赤多黑少。若乾陀色。」寄歸傳一曰:「袈裟乃是蕃言,即是乾陀之色。」(Kanthā 或 Kanṭaka)。
【物名】譯曰香 Gandha,大日經疏九曰:「健杜是香。」大日經第二息障品作「健陀。」名義集三曰:「乾陀羅耶,正言健達,此云香。」玄應音義三曰:「健達,此譯云香也。」俱舍光記八曰:「健達名香。」
【植物】香樹名。寶樓閣經中註曰:「乾陀羅樹香,安息香也。」業疏四上曰:「赤即木蘭所染,微涉黑色,即世南海乾陀樹皮頗相類也。」元照應法記曰:「乾陀樹,業疏云南海有之,疑是木蘭梵語耳。」
【異類】鬼名。法華經陀羅尼品曰:「健陀健陀羅,黃色鬼。」嘉祥法華義疏十二曰:「建陀,此云赤色鬼。」慧琳音義二十六曰:「建陀,具足云私健陀 Skandha(Skanda),此云蔭也。朗法師云:是偏唇鬼也。」
【天名】健達婆之略名。八部眾之一。般舟經中曰:「鬼神乾陀共擁護。」往生要集指摩鈔十九曰:「乾陀者具云健達縛,又云乾闥婆,國音不同也。」見乾闥婆條。(乾闥婆)
【地名】國名。犍陀羅國之略名。見乾陀羅條。(乾陀羅)
[zá yǔ] yòu zuò gān tuó,, gān tuó,, jiàn dá. yì yuē chì sè,, huáng sè děng, jí jiā shā zhī sè yě. bǎi yī jié mó jiǔ yuē: “gān tuó sè. fàn yún jiā shā yě Kaṣāya, yì wèi chì sè.” zhāng fú yí yuē: “mù lán yī rǎn, cǐ fāng yǒu zhī. chì duō hēi shǎo. ruò gān tuó sè.” jì guī chuán yī yuē: “jiā shā nǎi shì fān yán, jí shì gān tuó zhī sè.” (Kanthā huò Kanṭaka).
[wù míng] yì yuē xiāng Gandha, dà rì jīng shū jiǔ yuē: “jiàn dù shì xiāng.” dà rì jīng dì èr xī zhàng pǐn zuò “jiàn tuó.” míng yì jí sān yuē: “gān tuó luó yé, zhèng yán jiàn dá, cǐ yún xiāng.” xuán yīng yīn yì sān yuē: “jiàn dá, cǐ yì yún xiāng yě.” jù shě guāng jì bā yuē: “jiàn dá míng xiāng.”
[zhí wù] xiāng shù míng. bǎo lóu gé jīng zhōng zhù yuē: “gān tuó luó shù xiāng, ān xī xiāng yě.” yè shū sì shàng yuē: “chì jí mù lán suǒ rǎn, wēi shè hēi sè, jí shì nán hǎi gān tuó shù pí pō xiāng lèi yě.” yuán zhào yīng fǎ jì yuē: “gān tuó shù, yè shū yún nán hǎi yǒu zhī, yí shì mù lán fàn yǔ ěr.”
[yì lèi] guǐ míng. fǎ huá jīng tuó luó ní pǐn yuē: “jiàn tuó jiàn tuó luó, huáng sè guǐ.” jiā xiáng fǎ huá yì shū shí èr yuē: “jiàn tuó, cǐ yún chì sè guǐ.” huì lín yīn yì èr shí liù yuē: “jiàn tuó, jù zú yún sī jiàn tuó Skandha (Skanda), cǐ yún yīn yě. lǎng fǎ shī yún: shì piān chún guǐ yě.”
[tiān míng] jiàn dá pó zhī lüè míng. bā bù zhòng zhī yī. bān zhōu jīng zhōng yuē: “guǐ shén gān tuó gòng yōng hù.” wǎng shēng yào jí zhǐ mó chāo shí jiǔ yuē: “gān tuó zhě jù yún jiàn dá fù, yòu yún gān tà pó, guó yīn bù tóng yě.” jiàn gān tà pó tiáo.(gān tà pó)
[de míng] guó míng. jiān tuó luó guó zhī lüè míng. jiàn gān tuó luó tiáo.(gān tuó luó)
[za yu] you zuo gan tuo,, gan tuo,, jian da. yi yue chi se,, huang se deng, ji jia sha zhi se ye. bai yi jie mo jiu yue: "gan tuo se. fan yun jia sha ye Kasaya, yi wei chi se." zhang fu yi yue: "mu lan yi ran, ci fang you zhi. chi duo hei shao. ruo gan tuo se." ji gui chuan yi yue: "jia sha nai shi fan yan, ji shi gan tuo zhi se." (Kantha huo Kantaka).
[wu ming] yi yue xiang Gandha, da ri jing shu jiu yue: "jian du shi xiang." da ri jing di er xi zhang pin zuo "jian tuo." ming yi ji san yue: "gan tuo luo ye, zheng yan jian da, ci yun xiang." xuan ying yin yi san yue: "jian da, ci yi yun xiang ye." ju she guang ji ba yue: "jian da ming xiang."
[zhi wu] xiang shu ming. bao lou ge jing zhong zhu yue: "gan tuo luo shu xiang, an xi xiang ye." ye shu si shang yue: "chi ji mu lan suo ran, wei she hei se, ji shi nan hai gan tuo shu pi po xiang lei ye." yuan zhao ying fa ji yue: "gan tuo shu, ye shu yun nan hai you zhi, yi shi mu lan fan yu er."
[yi lei] gui ming. fa hua jing tuo luo ni pin yue: "jian tuo jian tuo luo, huang se gui." jia xiang fa hua yi shu shi er yue: "jian tuo, ci yun chi se gui." hui lin yin yi er shi liu yue: "jian tuo, ju zu yun si jian tuo Skandha (Skanda), ci yun yin ye. lang fa shi yun: shi pian chun gui ye."
[tian ming] jian da po zhi lue ming. ba bu zhong zhi yi. ban zhou jing zhong yue: "gui shen gan tuo gong yong hu." wang sheng yao ji zhi mo chao shi jiu yue: "gan tuo zhe ju yun jian da fu, you yun gan ta po, guo yin bu tong ye." jian gan ta po tiao.(gan ta po)
[de ming] guo ming. jian tuo luo guo zhi lue ming. jian gan tuo luo tiao.(gan tuo luo)
健陀 ts = jiàn tuó p refers to [noun] “gandha; fragrance”; Domain: Buddhism 佛教 [fu jiao]; Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: gandha; see 乾陀樹 [gan tuo shu] (FGDB '乾陀樹 [gan tuo shu]') .
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1) 犍陀 [jiān tuó] refers to: “aggregate”.
犍陀 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Related Chinese terms] 哥大; 塞建陀; 犍度; 聚; 聚集; 陰.
[Vietnamese] kiền đà.
[Korean] 건다 / geonda.
[Japanese] ケンダ / kenda.
2) 健陀 [jiàn tuó] refers to: “smell”.
健陀 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Related Chinese terms] 健杜; 健達.
[Vietnamese] kiện đà.
[Korean] 건타 / geonta.
[Japanese] ケンダ / kenda.
3) 蹇陀 [jiǎn tuó] refers to: “khandhaka”.
蹇陀 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Related Chinese terms] 雜事.
[Sanskrit] khandhaka.
[Vietnamese] kiễng đà.
[Korean] 건타 / geonta.
[Japanese] ケンダ / kenda.
4) 建陀 [jiàn tuó] refers to: “skandhaka”.
建陀 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Vietnamese] kiến đà.
[Korean] 건타 / geonta.
[Japanese] ケンダ / kenda.
Chinese language.
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Partial matches: Tuo, Duo, Jian, Ta.
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