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However, the Mani Jewel metaphors were significantly expanded in Chinese language texts in which it was also called by essentially the same redundant name móní zhū, where the first two characters (摩尼; móní) are the transcription of mani and the third character (珠) is its Chinese translation, "jewel". The English phrase "Mani Jewel ...
14th century Goryeo painting of Ksitigarbha holding a cintamani Mani stone. In Buddhism, the wish fulfilling jewel (Skt. maṇi, cintā-maṇi, cintāmaṇi-ratna) is an important mythic symbol indicating a magical jewel that manifests one's wishes, including the curing of disease, purification of water, granting clothing, food, treasure etc ...
A Chudamani (Hindi: चूडामणि) is a lotus-shaped Indian headdress that is usually studded with jewels. [1] [2] It is worn in the center of a knot of hair. [3]The headdress derives its name from chuda (Hindi:चूड़ा) meaning 'bundle of hair' and mani (Hindi:मणि) meaning 'jewel'.
The literal meaning in English has been expressed as "praise to the jewel in the lotus", [4] or as a declarative aspiration, possibly meaning "I in the jewel-lotus". [5] Padma is the Sanskrit for the Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and mani for "jewel", as in a type of spiritual "jewel" widely referred to in Buddhism. [6]
The title of the essay is often translated into English as One Bright Pearl instead of One Bright Jewel.Shohaku Okumura, a modern Zen priest and Dōgen scholar, points out that while the character in question (珠) can be used to refer to a pearl, gem, or any kind of jewel, the text clearly uses the term in reference to the "Mani Jewel" (摩尼珠), a mythical transparent object mentioned in a ...
"On its head was a very sparkling stone, like a Carbuncle, of inestimable price: That it commonly veil'd that rich Jewel with a thin moving skin, like that of a man's eye-lid: but that when it went to drink or sported himself in the midst of that deep bottom, he fully discover'd it, and that the rocks and all about receiv'd a wonderful lustre ...
Mani stone, a stone on which the "Mani" mantra is inscribed; Mani Jewel, any of various jewels mentioned in Buddhist literature Manipur (disambiguation) (lit. ' jewel city '), various places in India; Al-Māniʿ, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "Withholder" and "Defender". Mani stick fighting, an African-derived martial art from Cuba
mani sperm, semen Arabic / Sanskrit مني / manī, Sanskrit मणि / maṇi "bead, jewel, gem" manusia human Sanskrit मनुष्य / manuṣyá masjid mosque Arabic مسجد / masjid maya illusion (religious), imaginary Sanskrit माया / māyā mentega butter Portuguese manteiga mi | mee | mie noodles Hokkien (Chinese) 麪 / mī