四天王天
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Chinese[edit]
day; sky; heaven | |||
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simp. and trad. (四天王天) |
四天王 | 天 |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Sanskrit चतुर् महाराजकायिक (catur mahārājakāyika) + Chinese 天 (tiān, “heaven”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sìh tianwàng tian
- Wade–Giles: Ssŭ4 tʻien1-wang4 tʻien1
- Yale: Sz̀ tyān-wàng tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syh tianwanq tian
- Palladius: Сы тяньван тянь (Sy tjanʹvan tjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: sijH then hjwang|hjwangH then
Proper noun[edit]
四天王天
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Descendants[edit]
- (Buddhism) The Cāturmahārājakāyika heaven (first of the six heavens in the Realm of Desire, located on the slopes of Mount Sumeru).
Further reading[edit]
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “四天王天” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].