虛空藏

Chinese

		empty; hollow; void empty; hollow; void; empty space	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
trad. (虛空藏)		虛空	藏
simp. (虚空藏)		虚空	藏

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit आकाशगर्भ (ākāśagarbha, literally “heavenly womb”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xūkōngzàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄗㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xūkōngzàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syukongzàng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü¹-kʻung¹-tsang⁴
    • Yale: Syū-kūng-dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiukongtzanq
    • Palladius: Сюйкунцзан (Sjujkunczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/

Proper noun

虛空藏

1. (Buddhism) (～菩薩) Akasagarbha bodhisattva

   Synonym: 虛空孕 / 虚空孕

Further reading

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