曼殊沙華
See also: 曼珠沙華
Chinese edit
handsome; large; long | unique | granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar |
flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain | ||
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trad. (曼殊沙華) | 曼 | 殊 | 沙 | 華 | |
simp. (曼殊沙华) | 曼 | 殊 | 沙 | 华 |
Etymology edit
Phono-semantic matching of Sanskrit मञ्जूषक (mañjūṣaka) attested in the translation of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra (Lotus Sutra) by Kumārajīva (鳩摩羅什) [c. 403].
- 是時天雨曼陀羅華、摩訶曼陀羅華、曼殊沙華、摩訶曼殊沙華,而散佛上,及諸大眾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 403, Kumārajīva (鳩摩羅什 (Jiūmóluóshí)), translator. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra (《妙法蓮華經》). English text based on the translation by Hendrik Kern (1884) with modernised transliteration.
- Shìshí tiān yǔ màntuóluóhuá, móhēmàntuóluóhuá, mànshūshāhuá, móhēmànshūshāhuá, ér sàn Fó shàng, jí zhū dàzhòng. [Pinyin]
- [T]here fell a great rain of divine flowers, māndāravas and mahāmāndāravas, mañjūṣakas and mahāmañjūṣakas, covering the Lord and the four classes of hearers.
是时天雨曼陀罗华、摩诃曼陀罗华、曼殊沙华、摩诃曼殊沙华,而散佛上,及诸大众。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
曼殊沙華
Usage notes edit
Soothill and Hodous (1937) considers the flower's identity related to Sanskrit मञ्जिष्ठा (mañjiṣṭhā, “munjeet”), i.e. Rubia cordifolia, the Indian madder.
Descendants edit
Modern Chinese:
- 曼珠沙華/曼珠沙华 (mànzhūshāhuá, “Lycoris radiata”)
References edit
- H. Kern and Bunyiu Nanjio (南条文雄), editor (1908), Saddharmapuṇḍarīka (in Sanskrit), volume 1, St. Petersburg: Académie Impériale des Sciences, page 5
- 法鼓佛教學院 (2020) “法華經數位資料庫 Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Database”, in 法華經數位資料庫[1], retrieved 2020-07-07
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |||
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曼 | 殊 | 沙 | 華 |
まん Hyōgaiji |
じゅ Grade: S |
しゃ Grade: S |
げ Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) まんじゅしゃげ [màńjúꜜshàgè] (Nakadaka – [3])
- (Tokyo) まんじゅしゃげ [màńjúsháꜜgè] (Nakadaka – [4])
- IPA(key): [mã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝɕa̠ɡe̞]
Noun edit
曼殊沙華 or 曼殊沙華 • (manjushage)
- Alternative spelling of 曼珠沙華 (“red spider lily”)