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There are 22 total results for your 灯明 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

灯明

see styles
 tonmyou / tonmyo
    とんみょう
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light; (surname) Tonmyou

燈明


灯明

see styles
dēng míng
    deng1 ming2
teng ming
 toumyou / tomyo
    とうみょう
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light; (surname) Toumyou
The lamp hung before a Buddha, etc., as symbol of his wisdom.

灯明り

see styles
 hoakari
    ほあかり
    hiakari
    ひあかり
lamplight; torchlight

灯明寺

see styles
 toumyouji / tomyoji
    とうみょうじ
(place-name) Toumyouji

灯明岩

see styles
 toumyouiwa / tomyoiwa
    とうみょういわ
(place-name) Toumyouiwa

灯明岳

see styles
 toumyoudake / tomyodake
    とうみょうだけ
(personal name) Toumyoudake

常灯明

see styles
 joutoumyou / jotomyo
    じょうとうみょう
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)

後灯明

see styles
 gotoumyou / gotomyo
    ごとうみょう
(surname) Gotoumyou

御灯明

see styles
 miakashi
    みあかし
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

燈明佛


灯明佛

see styles
dēng míng fó
    deng1 ming2 fo2
teng ming fo
 Tōmyō Butsu
日月燈明佛 A Buddha mentioned in the Lotus Sūtra.

自燈明


自灯明

see styles
zì dēng míng
    zi4 deng1 ming2
tzu teng ming
 ji tōmyō
to be a lamp unto oneself

灯明かり

see styles
 hoakari
    ほあかり
    hiakari
    ひあかり
lamplight; torchlight

灯明寺山

see styles
 toumyoujiyama / tomyojiyama
    とうみょうじやま
(personal name) Toumyoujiyama

灯明寺町

see styles
 toumyoujichou / tomyojicho
    とうみょうじちょう
(place-name) Toumyoujichō

日月燈明


日月灯明

see styles
rì yuè dēng míng
    ri4 yue4 deng1 ming2
jih yüeh teng ming
 Nichigetsutōmyō
Candrasūryapradīpa

Variations:
灯明
燈明

see styles
 toumyou / tomyo
    とうみょう
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

日月燈明佛


日月灯明佛

see styles
rì yuè dēng míng fó
    ri4 yue4 deng1 ming2 fo2
jih yüeh teng ming fo
 Nichigetsu tō myō butsu
Candra-sūrya-pradīpa, or Candrārkadīpa. The title of 20, 000 Buddhas who succeeded each other preaching the Lotus Sutra, v. 法華經, 序品.

自燈明法燈明


自灯明法灯明

see styles
zì dēng míng fǎ dēng míng
    zi4 deng1 ming2 fa3 deng1 ming2
tzu teng ming fa teng ming
 ji tōmyō hō tōmyō
rely on oneself, using the dharma as one's lamp

Variations:
常灯明
常燈明

see styles
 joutoumyou / jotomyo
    じょうとうみょう
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)

Variations:
御明かし
御灯
御灯明

see styles
 miakashi; gotou(御灯); mitou(御灯) / miakashi; goto(御灯); mito(御灯)
    みあかし; ごとう(御灯); みとう(御灯)
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

聖最上燈明如來陀羅尼經


圣最上灯明如来陀罗尼经

see styles
shèng zuì shàng dēng míng rú lái tuó luó ní jīng
    sheng4 zui4 shang4 deng1 ming2 ru2 lai2 tuo2 luo2 ni2 jing1
sheng tsui shang teng ming ju lai t`o lo ni ching
    sheng tsui shang teng ming ju lai to lo ni ching
 Shōsaijō tōmyō nyorai darani kyō
Sheng zuishang dengming rulai tuoluoni jing

Variations:
灯明かり
灯明り
火明かり
火明り

see styles
 hiakari(灯明kari, 灯明ri); hoakari
    ひあかり(灯明かり, 灯明り); ほあかり
lamplight; torchlight

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 22 results for "灯明" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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