龍樹

龍樹

1. Nagarjuna

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “龍樹” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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.

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨᵝːʑɨᵝ]

龍(りゅう)樹(じゅ) • (Ryūju) ^{←りゆうじゆ (ryuuzyu)?}

1. (Buddhism) Nagarjuna, a second century Buddhist philosopher from India

   Synonym: ナーガルジュナ (Nāgarujuna)