Glossary
Note: The glossary is organized into sections according to the main language of each entry. The first section contains Tibetan words organized in Tibetan alphabetical order. To jump to the entries that begin with a particular Tibetan root letter, click on that letter below. Columns of information for all entries are listed in this order: THL Extended Wylie transliteration of the term, THL Phonetic rendering of the term, the English translation, the Sanskrit equivalent, the Chinese equivalent, other equivalents such as Mongolian or Latin, associated dates, and the type of term. To view the glossary sorted by any one of these rubrics, click on the corresponding label (such as “Phonetics”) at the top of its column.
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Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
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Awang Laozang | 1601-1687 | Person | |||||
Prajñā Temple | Banruo Si | Building | |||||
Baotang | Lineage | ||||||
Blue Cliff Record | Biyan lu | Text | |||||
Bodhiruci | 672-727 | Person | |||||
Amoghavajra | Bukong | 705-774 | Person | ||||
Chan | Lineage | ||||||
Ch’ing | 1644-1912 | Dynasty | |||||
Chengguan | 738-? | Person | |||||
Buddhabhadra’s version of the Flower Ornament Sutra | Dafangguang fo huayan jing | Text | |||||
Dazhong | 847-859 | Time range | |||||
Daci Xingkong | Person | ||||||
Collected Documents Pertaining to Bukong | Daizongchao zeng sikong dabian zheng guangzhi sanzang heshang biaozhiji | Text | |||||
Daoxuan | 596-667 | Person | |||||
Daoyi | eighth century | Person | |||||
Dazhong | 847-859 | Time range | |||||
Dezong | Person | ||||||
Fahua Cloister | Fahua yuan | Building | |||||
skillful means | upāya | fangbian | Term | ||||
Fazhao | eighth century | Person | |||||
Buddhapāla | Fotuoboli | Person | |||||
Fusheng Temple | Fusheng si | Building | |||||
penetration of sensitivity | gantong | Term | |||||
Biographies of Eminent Monks | Gaoseng zhuan | Text | |||||
Gao Shiqi | 1644-1703 | Person | |||||
public case | gongan | Term | |||||
Ancient Record of Qingliang shan | Gu Qingliang zhuan (古淸涼傳) | Text | |||||
Expanded Record of Qingliang shan | Guang Qingliang zhuan (廣清涼轉) | Text | |||||
Guanyin | Buddhist deity | ||||||
Daily Record of Following in the Retinue of Kangxi’s Western Tour | Hucong xixun rilu | Text | |||||
conjured city | huacheng | Term | |||||
conjured temple | huasi | Term | |||||
Flower Ornament Sutra | Avataṃsaka Sūtra | Huayan jing | Text | ||||
Huayan Temple | Huayan si | Building | |||||
conjured cloister | huayuan | Term | |||||
Huayan | Lineage | ||||||
ordinary realm | hui tu | Term | |||||
Huichang | 841-846 | Time range | |||||
Huijiao | 497-554 | Person | |||||
Huixiang (慧祥) | seventh- century | Person | |||||
Huizhong | d. 775 | Person | |||||
Collected Records of Three Treasure miracles in China | Jishenzhou sanbao gantong lu | Text | |||||
Jiannan | Place | ||||||
Vajra Grotto | Jingang ku | Geographic feature | |||||
Vajra Grotto/Prajñā Temple | Jingang ku/Bore si | Building | |||||
Jinge Temple | Jinge si | Building | |||||
golden-hued realm | jinse shijie | Term | |||||
pure land | jingtu | Term | |||||
Jinling | Place | ||||||
Jueyi | Person | ||||||
Junti | Person | ||||||
Kangxi | 1654-1722 | Person | |||||
Laozang Danba | 1632-1684 | Person | |||||
Record of the Dharma Jewel through the Generations | Lidai fabao ji | Text | |||||
spiritual response | linggan | Term | |||||
spiritual response | lingying | Term | |||||
Linji | d. 866-7 | Person | |||||
The Record of Linji | Linji lu | Text | |||||
Ming | 1368-1644 | Dynasty | |||||
latter age of the dharma | modai | Term | |||||
final age of the dharma | mofa | Term | |||||
Nanliang | Place | ||||||
Southern Marchmount | Nanyue | Geographic feature | |||||
chanting of Amitabha’s name | nianfo | Term | |||||
Nie Daozhen | third century | Person | |||||
Niutou | Lineage | ||||||
Samantabhadra | Puxian | Buddhist deity | |||||
seven jewels | sapta-ratna | qibao | Term | ||||
Qifeng Temple | Qifeng si | Building | |||||
Qianlong | 1736-1796 | Person | |||||
Qing | 1644-1912 | Dynasty | |||||
Imperially Commissioned Gazetteer of Qingliang shan | Qingding Qingliang shan zhi (欽定清涼山志) | 1811 | Text | ||||
New Gazetteer of Qingliang shan | Qingliang shan xin zhi (清涼山新志) | 1701 | Text | ||||
Gazetteer of Qingliang shan | Qingliang shan zhi (清涼山志) | 1661 | Text | ||||
Qudi | Person | ||||||
Senming | Person | ||||||
mountain spirit | shanshen | Term | |||||
divine temple | shensi | Term | |||||
holy monastery | shengsi | Term | |||||
holy worthy | shengxian | Term | |||||
Shenhui | 668-760 | Person | |||||
Shenying | eighth century | Person | |||||
veritable record | shilu | Term | |||||
Shunzhi | 1638-1661 | Person | |||||
Song | 960-1279 | Dynasty | |||||
Biographies of Eminent Monks Compiled under the Song | Song gaoseng zhuan (宋高僧專) | Text | |||||
Tang | 618-907 | Dynasty | |||||
Tiantai | Lineage | ||||||
Vimalakīrti Sūtra | Weimo jing | Text | |||||
Mañjuśrī | Wenshu | Buddhist deity | |||||
Mañjuśrī parinirvāna sūtra | Wenshu shili ban niepan jing (文殊師利般涅槃經) | Text | |||||
The Dhāraṇī of the Storehouse of the Dharma Treasure of Mañjuśrī | Mañjuśrī dharma ratnagarbha dhāranī sūtra | Wenshu shili fabaozang tuoluoni jing (文殊師利法寶藏陀羅尼經) | Text | ||||
Wenzhou | Place | ||||||
Wuran | eighth-ninth century | Person | |||||
Wutai | Mountain | ||||||
Mount Wutai | Wutai shan | Mountain | |||||
The Eulogy on the Holy Regions | Wutai shan shengjian zan | Text | |||||
Wuzhu | 714-774 | Person | |||||
Wuzhuo | eighth century | Person | |||||
Wuzhuo Wenxi | Person | ||||||
transcendent monastery | xiansi | Term | |||||
period of the semblance dharma | xiangfa | Term | |||||
end of the period of the semblance dharma | xiangji | Term | |||||
Xiangyun | Person | ||||||
Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks | Xu gaoseng zhuan | Text | |||||
Further Record of Qingliang shan | Xu Qingliang zhuan | Text | |||||
Xuanben | mid-ninth – eleventh-century? | Person | |||||
Xuedou Zhongxian | 980-1052 | Person | |||||
Yanguan | 750?-842 | Person | |||||
Yanyi (延一) | 998?-1072 | Person | |||||
Yuanwu Keqin | 1063-1135 | Person | |||||
Zanning | 919-1001 | Person | |||||
Zhang Shangying | 1043-1122 | Person | |||||
true form | zhenrong | Term | |||||
Zhencheng | 1546-1617 | Person | |||||
Zhulin Temple | Zhulin si | Building | |||||
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Sanskrit | |||||||
Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
Amitābha | Buddhist deity | ||||||
Bodhisattva | Buddhist deity | ||||||
Buddha | Buddhist deity | ||||||
Buddhabhadra | fifth century | Person | |||||
Dhāraṇī of the Jubilant Corona | Buddhoşņīşa-vijaya-dharaņī Sūtra | Text | |||||
poetic verse | gāthā | Term | |||||
Rose Apple Continent | Jambudvīpa | Place | |||||
Great China | mahā cīna | Term | |||||
Great vehicle | Mahāyāna | Doxographical Category | |||||
Lotus sūtra | Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra | Text | |||||
meditative concentration, absorption | samādhi | Term | |||||
morality | śīla | Term | |||||
law, precepts | vinaya | Term | |||||
reliquary | stūpa | Term | |||||
emptiness | śūnyatā | Term | |||||
sūtra | Term | ||||||
lapis lazuli | vaiḍūrya | Term | |||||
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Other | |||||||
Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
Ennin (jpn.) | 794-864 | Person | |||||
Record of Ennin’s Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law | Ennin nittō guhō junrei gyōki (jpn.) | Text | |||||
Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō (jpn.) | Text |
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Susan Andrews, “Tales of Conjured Temples (huasi) in Qing Period Mountain Gazetteers,” Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 6 (December 2011): , http://www.thlib.org?tid=T5710 (accessed ).
Note Citation for Whole Article
Susan Andrews, “Tales of Conjured Temples (huasi) in Qing Period Mountain Gazetteers,” Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 6 (December 2011): 134-162, http://www.thlib.org?tid=T5710 (accessed ).
Bibliography Citation
Andrews, Susan. “Tales of Conjured Temples (huasi) in Qing Period Mountain Gazetteers.” Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 6 (December 2011): 134-162. http://www.thlib.org?tid=T5710 (accessed ).
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