The residence of the Yellow-headed Immortal

Japanese: 黄頭仙人住処 - おうずせんにんじゅうきょ
The residence of the Yellow-headed Immortal

...The name of the country where the Buddha was born, and was the territory of the Shakya clan. Kapila is the name of the legendary founder of the Sankhya (numerology) school, and Vastu means address, and is translated as "the residence of the Yellow-headed Immortal." It is also transliterated as Kapira-e.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "The Residence of the Yellow-Headed Immortal" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…釈尊生誕の国の名で,シャーキャ(釈迦)族の領土であった。〈カピラ〉はサーンキヤ(数論)学派の伝説的祖の名で〈バストゥ〉は住所を意味し,〈黄頭仙人住処〉と訳す。また迦毘羅衛(迦惟羅越)(かぴらえ)と音写される。…

※「黄頭仙人住処」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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