龍樹

Japanese
Kanji in this term
龍 樹
りゅう
Jinmeiyō		 じゅ
Grade: 6
goon
Alternative spelling
竜樹

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 龍樹 (MC lɨoŋ d͡ʑɨoX|d͡ʑɨoH, 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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲɨᵝːʑɨᵝ]

Proper noun

龍(りゅう)樹(じゅ) • (Ryūju)  (historical kana りゆうじゆ)

  1. (Buddhism) Nagarjuna, a second century Buddhist philosopher from India
    Synonym: ナーガルジュナ (Nāgarujuna)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. “竜樹”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainiban, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  5. “龍樹”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
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