Chinese

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life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
to honour
trad. (世尊)
simp. #(世尊)
Literally: “worshipped by all; the world's reverence”.

Etymology

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Calque of Sanskrit भगवान् (bhagavān), Pali bhagavā, etc.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (13)
Final () (35) (55)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter syejH tswon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiᴇiH/ /t͡suən/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɛiH/ /t͡suon/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕjæiH/ /t͡suən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiajH/ /t͡swən/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɛiH/ /t͡suən/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭɛiH/ /t͡suən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ɛiH/ /t͡suən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shì zūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai3 zyun1

Proper noun

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世尊

  1. (honorific, chiefly Buddhism) Bhagavan; Lord; Honoured One (title of the Buddha)
    Synonyms: 釋尊释尊 (Shìzūn), 天尊 (tiānzūn), 婆伽婆 (Pógāpó)

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (世尊):

Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
そん
Grade: 6
goon

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 世尊 (MC syejH tswon), itself a translation of Sanskrit भगवत् (bhagavat, deity),[1][2] or Pali bhagavā.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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()(そん) (Seson

  1. (Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Gene Reeves (2014) The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 379

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun

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世尊 (Sejon) (hangeul 세존)

  1. hanja form? of 세존 ((Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha; an indigenous agricultural deity often associated with the Buddha)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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世尊

  1. chữ Hán form of Thế Tôn ((Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha; an indigenous agricultural deity often associated with the Buddha).