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calamity of invasion from foreign lands
［他国侵逼難］ ( takoku-shimpitsu-nan)
calamity of revolt within one’s own domain
［自界叛逆難］ ( jikai-hongyaku-nan)
Calm and Bright
［安明］ ( Ammyō)
casting off the transient and revealing the true
［発迹顕本］ ( hosshaku-kempon)
Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, The
［内典録］ ( Naiten-roku)
Causality of Past and Present Sutra
［過去現在因果経］ (Chin Kuo-ch’ü-hsien-tsai-yin-kuo-ching;  Kako-genzai-inga-kyō)
cause and effect
［因果］ ( inga)
cause-awakened one
［縁覚］ ( pratyekabuddha;  engaku)
Cave of the Seven Leaves
［七葉窟］ ( Saptaparna-guhā;  Shichiyō-kutsu)
Cave of the Thousand Buddhas
［千仏洞］ ( Sembutsu-dō)
Ceremony in the Air
［虚空会］ ( kokū-e)
ceremony of anointment
［灌頂］ ( abhisheka;  kanjō)
ceremony of reciting the Buddhas’ names
［仏名会］ ( butsumyō-e)
chakra
［輪宝・輪］ (;  rimbō or rin)
Chakravāda
［鉄囲山・鉄輪囲山］ (;  Tetchi-sen or Tetsurin’i-sen)
Chakravāda-parvata
［鉄囲山・鉄輪囲山］ (;  Tetchi-sen or Tetsurin’i-sen)
chakravartin
［転輪聖王］ (;  tenrin-jō’ō)
Champā
［瞻波］ (, Pali;  Sempa)
champaka tree
［瞻蔔樹］ (, Pali;  sempuku-ju)
Chandaka
［車匿］ (; Pali Channa;  Shanoku)
chandāla
［旃陀羅］ (, Pali;  sendara)
Chandrakīrti
() (1) ［月称］ (c. 600–650) ( Gesshō); (2) ［月称大臣］ ( Gasshō-daijin)
Chandraprabha
() (1) ［月光大臣］ ( Gakkō-daijin); (2) ［月光菩薩］ ( Gakkō-bosatsu)
Chandrayashas
［月称大臣］ (;  Gasshō-daijin)
Chang-an
［章安］ (561–632) (PY Zhang’an;  Shōan)
changing poison into medicine
［変毒為薬］ ( hendoku-iyaku)
Chan-jan
［湛然］ (PY Zhanran;  Tannen)
Ch’an school
［禅宗］ (PY Chanzong;  Zen-shū)
Ch’en Chen
［陳鍼］ (n.d.) (PY Chen Zhen;  Chinshin)
Ch’eng-kuan
［澄観］ (738–839) (PY Chengguan;  Chōkan)
Ch’eng-shih school
［成実宗］ (PY Chengshizong;  Jōjitsu-shū)
Chen-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The
［貞元釈教録・貞元入蔵録］ (Chin Chen-yüan-shih-chiao-lu or Chen-yüan-ju-tsang-lu;  Jōgen-shakkyō-roku or Jōgen-nyūzō-roku)
Chia-hsiang
［嘉祥］ (PY Jiaxiang;  Kajō)
Chief Wise
［賢首菩薩］ ( Genju-bosatsu)
Chien-chen
［鑑真］ (PY Jianzhen;  Ganjin)
Chih-che
［智者］ (PY Zhizhe;  Chisha)
Chih-ch’ien
［支謙］ (n.d.) (PY Zhiqian;  Shiken)
Chih-chou
［智周］ (678–733) (PY Zhizhou;  Chishū)
Chih-i
［智顗］ (PY Zhiyi;  Chigi)
Chih-li
［知礼］ (960–1028) (PY Zhili;  Chirei)
Chihō
［智鳳］ (n.d.) (; Kor Chipong)
Chih-tsang
［智蔵］ (458–522) (PY Zhizang;  Chizō)
Chih-tu
［智度］ (n.d.) (PY Zhidu;  Chido)
Chih-wei
［智威］ (d. 680) (PY Zhiwei;  Chii)
Chih-yen
(1) ［智厳］ (n.d.) (PY Zhiyan;  Chigon); (2) ［智儼］ (602–668) (PY Zhiyan;  Chigon)
Chih-yüan
［志遠］ (768–844) (PY Zhiyuan;  Shi’on)
children of the Buddha
［仏子］ ( busshi)
Chinchā
［旃遮・旃遮女］ (, Pali;  Sensha or Sensha-nyo)
Chinchāmānavikā
［旃遮・旃遮女］ (, Pali;  Sensha or Sensha-nyo)
Ching-hsi
［荊渓］ (PY Jingxi;  Keikei)
Ch’ing-liang
［清涼国師］ (PY Qingliang;  Shōryō-kokushi)
Ch’ing-liang, Mount
［清涼山］ (PY Qingliang-shan;  Shōryō-zan)
Ch’ing-lung-ssu
［青竜寺］ (PY Qinglongsi;  Seiryū-ji)
Ching-te Era Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, The
［景徳伝燈録］ ( Keitoku-dentō-roku)
Chin-kang-chih
［金剛智］ (671–741) (PY Jingangzhi;  Vajrabodhi;  Kongōchi)
Chishō
［智証］ (814–891)
Chitatsu
［智達］ (n.d.)
Chi-tsang
［吉蔵］ (549–623) (PY Jizang;  Kichizō)
Chitsū
［智通］ (n.d.)
Chizō
［智蔵］ (n.d.) (; Chin Chih-tsang)
Chōgen
［重源］ (1121–1206)
Chōnen
［奝然］ (d. 1016)
Chōsai
［長西］ (1184–1266)
Chūdapanthaka
［周利槃特］ (; Pali Chūlapanthaka;  Shurihandoku)
Chu Fa-lan
［竺法蘭］ (n.d.) (PY Zhu Falan;  Jiku-hōran)
Chu Fo-nien
［竺仏念］ (n.d.) (PY Zhu Fonian;  Jiku-butsunen)
Chūlapanthaka
［周利槃特］ (Pali;  Chūdapanthaka;  Shurihandoku)
Chunda
［純陀］ (, Pali;  Junda)
Chü-she school
［倶舎宗］ (PY Jushezong;  Kusha-shū)
Chu Tao-sheng
［竺道生］ (PY Zhu Daosheng;  Jiku-dōshō)
Chūzan
［仲算］ (n.d.)
City of Fragrances
［衆香城・香城］ ( Gandhavatī;  Shukō-jō or Kō-jō)
Clarification of Doctrine, A
［顕宗論］ (Chin Hsien-tsung-lun;  Kenshū-ron)
Clarification of the Precepts, A
［顕戒論］ ( Kenkai-ron)
Clarification of the Schools Based on T’ien-t’ai’s Doctrine, A
［依憑天台集］ ( Ehyō-tendai-shū or Ebyō-tendai-shū)
Clear and Cool, Mount
［清涼山］ (Chin Ch’ing-liang;  Shōryō-zan)
clear cool pond
［清涼池］ ( shōryō-chi)
clothes of patched rags
［糞掃衣・納衣］ ( pāmsu-kūla;  funzōe or nōe)
Cloud Thunder Sound Constellation King Flower Wisdom
［雲雷音宿王華智仏］ ( Jaladhara-garjita-ghosha-susvara-nakshatra-rāja-samkusumitābhijnā;  Unraion-shukuōkechi-butsu)
Cloud Thunder Sound King
［雲雷音王仏］ ( Megha-dundubhi-svara-rāja;  Unraionnō-butsu)
cold-suffering bird
［寒苦鳥］ ( kanku-chō)
Collected Essays on the World of Peace and Delight, The
［安楽集］ (Chin An-lo-chi;  Anraku-shū)
Collection of Orally Transmitted Teachings, A
［授決集］ ( Juketsu-shū)
Collection of Records concerning the Tripitaka, A
［出三蔵記集］ (Chin Ch’u-san-tsang-chi-chi;  Shutsu-sanzō-kishū)
combining, excluding, corresponding, and including
［兼但対帯］ ( ken-tan-tai-tai)
Commentary on the Mahayana Treatise, The
［釈摩訶衍論］ (Chin Shih-mo-ho-yen-lun;  Shaku-makaen-ron)
Commentary on the Meaning of the Mahāvairochana Sutra, The
［大日経義釈］ (Chin Ta-jih-ching-i-shih;  Dainichikyō-gishaku)
Commentary on the Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra, The
［観無量寿経疏］ (Chin Kuan-wu-liang-shou-ching-shu;  Kammuryōju-kyō-sho)
Commentary on the Ten Stages Sutra, The
［十住毘婆沙論］ (Chin Shih-chu-p’i-p’o-sha-lun;  Jūjū-bibasha-ron)
Commentary on “The Treatise on Rebirth in the Pure Land,” The
［往生論註］ ( Ōjōron-chū)
Commentary on “The Treatise on the Pure Land,” The
［浄土論註］ (Chin Ching-t’u-lun-chu;  Jōdoron-chū)
comparative classification
［教判・教相判釈］ ( kyōhan or kyōsō-hanjaku)
comparative myō
［相待妙］ ( sōdai-myō)
Comparison of Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism, A
［弁顕密二教論・二教論］ ( Ben-kemmitsu-nikyō-ron or Nikyō-ron)
compassion
［悲・慈悲］ (, Pali karunā;  hi or jihi)
Compassionate Honored One
［慈尊］ ( Jison)
Compassionate One
［慈氏］ ( Jishi)
Compassionate White Lotus Flower Sutra
［悲華経］ ( Karunā-pundarīka-sūtra; Chin Pei-hua-ching;  Hike-kyō)
complete precepts
［具足戒］ ( gusoku-kai)
Complete Works of the Fuji School, The
［富士宗学全集］ ( Fuji-shūgaku-zenshū)
comprehensive precepts
［具足戒］ ( gusoku-kai)
concentration and insight
［止観］ ( shikan)
concise replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle
［略開三顕一］ ( ryakkaisan-ken’ichi)
connecting teaching
［通教］ ( tsū-gyō)
Conqueror of the Threefold World
［降三世明王］ ( Trailokyavijaya;  Gōsanze-myō’ō)
Consciousness-Only school
［唯識派］ ( Vijnānavāda;  Yui-shiki-ha)
conspicuous benefit
［顕益］ ( ken’yaku)
Constellation Kalpa
［星宿劫］ ( Shōshuku-kō)
Constellation King Flower
［宿王華］ ( Nakshatra-rāja-samkusumitābhijna;  Shukuōke)
Contemplation on the Mind-Ground Sutra
［心地観経］ (Chin Hsin-ti-kuan-ching;  Shinjikan-gyō)
contentment while desiring little
［少欲知足］ ( shōyoku-chisoku)
continual propagation to the fiftieth person
［五十展転］ ( gojū-tenden)
Continued Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
［続高僧伝］ (Chin Hsü-kao-seng-chuan;  Zoku-kōsō-den)
Correct and Equal period
［方等時］ ( Hōdō-ji)
correct and equal sutras
［方等経］ ( hōdō-kyō)
Correct and Equal sutras
［方等経］ ( Hōdō-kyō)
Correct Law, age of the
［正法］ ( shōbō)
Correct Views
［善見城］ ( Sudarshana;  Zenken-jō)
Counterfeit Law, age of the
［像法］ ( zōbō)
countless kalpas of practice
［歴劫修行］ ( ryakkō-shugyō)
Craving-Filled
［愛染明王］ ( Rāgarāja;  Aizen-myō’ō)

chakravartin ［転輪聖王］ (;  tenrin-jō’ō): Also, chakravarti-rāja. Wheel-turning king or wheel-turning sage king. Ideal rulers in Indian mythology. The Sanskrit word chakra means wheel, and vartin, one who turns. The chakravartin indicates one who, turning a wheel bestowed by heaven, advances anywhere at will to establish peace and rule the world with justice rather than with force. See also chakra; wheel-turning king.