世尊

Japanese
Kanji in this term
世 尊
せ
Grade: 3		 そん
Grade: 6
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 世尊 (MC ɕiᴇiH t͡suən), itself a translation of Sanskrit भगवत् (bhagavat, “deity”),[1][2] or Pali bhagavā.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

世尊 (hiragana せそん, rōmaji Seson)

  1. (Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha
    • Lotus Sutra (chapter 25)
      ...爾 (に)時 (じ)。持 (じ)地 (ぢ)菩 (ぼ)薩 (さつ)。即 (そく)従 (じゅ)座 (ざ)起 (き)。前 (ぜん)白 (びゃく)仏 (ぶつ)言 (ごん)。世 (せ)尊 (そん)。若 (にゃく)有 (う)衆 (しゅ)生 (じょう)。聞 (もん)是 (ぜ)観 (かん)世 (ぜ)音 (おん)菩 (ぼ)薩 (さつ)品 (ほん)。自 (じ)在 (ざい)之 (し)業 (ごう)。普 (ふ)門 (もん)示 (じ)現 (げん)。神 (じん)通 (づう)力 (りき)者 (しゃ)当 (とう)知 (ち)是 (ぜ)人 (にん)。功 (く)徳 (どく)不 (ふ)少 (しょう)...
      ...ni ji, Jiji Bosatsu, soku ju za ki, zen byaku Butsu gon. Seson, nyaku u shujō, mon ze Kanzeon Bosatsu hon, jizai shi gō, fumon jigen, jinzū rikisha tō chi ze nin, kudoku fu-shō...
      Then the Bodhisattva Earth Holder rose from his seat, went before the Buddha, and said to him: "World-Honored One, if any living being hears this Bodhisattva Regarder of the Cries of the World chapter, hears of the freedom of his actions and the divine power of the revelation of the universal gateway, it should be known that this person's blessings are not few."[3]

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 世 (せ)尊 (そん)院 (いん) (Seson-in)
  • 世 (せ)尊 (そん)寺 (じ) (Seson-ji)
  • 大覚 (だいかく)世 (せ)尊 (そん) (Daikaku Seson)
  • 大聖 (だいしょう)世 (せ)尊 (そん) (Daishō Seson)
  • 二 (に)世 (せ)尊 (そん) (Niseson)

See also

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Gene Reeves (2014) The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 379
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