龍樹
Chinese edit
| dragon; imperial; surname | tree | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龍樹) | 龍 | 樹 | |
| simp. (龙树) | 龙 | 树 | |
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
龍樹
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (龍樹):
Further reading edit
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“龍樹” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 龍 | 樹 |
| りゅう Jinmeiyō |
じゅ Grade: 6 |
| goon | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 竜樹 |
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 龍樹 (MC ljowng dzyuX|dzyuH, literally “dragon + tree”), in turn a translation of Sanskrit नागार्जुन (nāgārjuna).[1][2][3][4] Listed in one monolingual Japanese source as an 音訳 (on'yaku, “transcription”, literally “sound translation”) of the Sanskrit,[5] but considering the Middle Chinese and Sanskrit phonetics, this seems unlikely.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
龍樹 • (Ryūju) ←りゆうじゆ (ryuuzyu)?
- (Buddhism) Nagarjuna, a second century Buddhist philosopher from India
- Synonym: ナーガルジュナ (Nāgarujuna)
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “竜樹”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- ^ “龍樹”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014