地藏
See also: 地蔵
Chinese edit
earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly |
storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate | ||
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trad. (地藏) | 地 | 藏 | |
simp. #(地藏) | 地 | 藏 | |
anagram | 藏地 |
Etymology edit
- “Ksitigarbha”
- Calque of Sanskrit क्षितिगर्भ (Kṣitigarbha, literally “earth womb”), from क्षिति (kṣiti, “earth”) + गर्भ (garbha, “womb”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
地藏
Synonyms edit
Verb edit
地藏
Proper noun edit
地藏
- (Buddhism) (~菩薩) Ksitigarbha bodhisattva
- Synonym: 乞叉底蘗婆
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “地藏” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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地 | 藏 |
じ Grade: 2 |
ぞう Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 地藏 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 地藏, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |