# 世尊
## Chinese
### Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit भगवान् (bhagavān), Pali bhagavā, etc.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shìzūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shìzūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shìhzun
*** Wade–Giles: Shih$^4$-tsun$^1$
*** Yale: Shr̀-dzwūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyhtzuen
*** Palladius: Шицзунь (Šiczunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: syejH tswon
Rime :
| Character | 世 | 尊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (35) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 舒制切 | 祖昆切 |
| Baxter | syejH | tswon |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇi$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛi$^H$/ | /t͡suon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæi$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiaj$^H$/ | /t͡swən/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛi$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛi$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛi$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shì | zūn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sai$^3$ | zyun$^1$ |

### Proper noun

世尊
* (honorific, chiefly Buddhism) Bhagavan; Lord; Honoured One (title of the Buddha)
    Synonyms: 釋尊 / 释尊 (Shìzūn), 天尊 (tiānzūn), 婆伽婆 (Pógāpó)
    From: Lotus Sutra, translated by Kumārajīva, 406 CE
    Ěrshí Chídì púsà jí cóng zuò qǐ qián bái Fó yán: “Shìzūn, ruò yǒu zhòngshēng, wén shì Guānshìyīn púsà pǐn, zìzài zhī yè, pǔmén shìxiàn shéntōnglì zhě, dāng zhī shì rén gōngdé bùshào. [Pinyin]
    Then the Bodhisattva Earth Holder rose from his seat, went before the Buddha, and said to him: "World-Honored One, if any living being hears this Bodhisattva Regarder of the Cries of the World chapter, hears of the freedom of his actions and the divine power of the revelation of the universal gateway, it should be known that this person's blessings are not few."

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 世(せ)尊(そん) (seson)
* → Korean: 세존(世尊) (sejon)
* → Vietnamese: Thế Tôn (世尊)

### Further reading

* Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “世尊” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 世 | 尊 |
| せ Grade: 3 | そん Grade: 6 |
| goon ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 世尊 (MC syejH tswon), itself a translation of Sanskrit भगवत् (bhagavat, “deity”), or Pali bhagavā.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せそん [séꜜsòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [se̞sõ̞ɴ]

### Proper noun

世(せ)尊(そん) • (Seson)
* (Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha
** Lotus Sutra (chapter 25)
    ...爾(に)時(じ)。持地(じぢ)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ)。即(そく)従(じゅ)座(ざ)起(き)。前(ぜん)白(びゃく)仏(ぶつ)言(ごん)。世尊(せそん)。若(にゃく)有(う)衆生(しゅじょう)。聞(もん)是(ぜ)観世音(かんぜおん)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ)品(ほん)。自(じ)在(ざい)之(し)業(ごう)。普門(ふもん)示現(じげん)。神通(じんづう)力(りき)者(しゃ)当(とう)知(ち)是(ぜ)人(にん)。功(く)徳(どく)不少(ふしょう)...
       ...ni ji, Jiji Bosatsu, soku ju za ki, zen byaku Butsu gon. Seson, nyaku u shujō, mon ze Kanzeon Bosatsu hon, jizai shi gō, fumon jigen, jinzū rikisha tō chi ze nin, kudoku fu-shō...
       Then the Bodhisattva Earth Holder rose from his seat, went before the Buddha, and said to him: "World-Honored One, if any living being hears this Bodhisattva Regarder of the Cries of the World chapter, hears of the freedom of his actions and the divine power of the revelation of the universal gateway, it should be known that this person's blessings are not few."

#### Derived terms

* 世尊院(せそんいん) (Seson-in)
* 世尊寺(せそんじ) (Seson-ji)
* 大覚(だいかく)世尊(せそん) (Daikaku Seson)
* 大聖(だいしょう)世尊(せそん) (Daishō Seson)
* 二世尊(にせそん) (Niseson)

#### See also

* ブッダ (Budda), 仏(ぶつ)陀(だ) (Butsuda)
* 釈(シャ)迦(カ)牟(ム)尼(ニ) (Shakamuni), 釈(しゃ)迦(か)如(にょ)来(らい) (Shaka Nyorai)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Gene Reeves (2014) The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 379

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 世 | 尊 |

### Proper noun

世尊 • (Sejon) (hangeul 세존)
* hanja form of 세존 (“(Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha; an indigenous agricultural deity often associated with the Buddha”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 世 | 尊 |

### Proper noun

世尊
* chữ Hán form of Thế Tôn (“(Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha; an indigenous agricultural deity often associated with the Buddha”).