阿頼耶識

阿頼耶識

See also: 阿賴耶識 and 阿赖耶识

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	頼	耶	識
あ Jinmeiyō	Grade: S	や Jinmeiyō	しき Grade: 5
on’yomi	Irregular	on’yomi	goon

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit आलयविज्ञान (ālaya-vijñāna, literally “dwelling-consciousness”),[1][2][3] via Middle Chinese 阿賴耶識 (MC ʔɑ lɑi^H jia ɕɨk̚).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) あらや​しき [àráyáꜜshìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠ja̠ɕikʲi]

Noun

阿頼耶識 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 阿賴耶識, hiragana あらやしき, rōmaji arayashiki)

1. (Buddhism) storehouse consciousness, forming the base of all human existence

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN