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<k_ele>
<keb>化現</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>けげん</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<pos>&vs;</pos>
<pos>&vi;</pos>
<field>&Buddh;</field>
<gloss>manifesting in a bodily form (of a god or Buddha)</gloss>
<gloss>incarnation</gloss>
<gloss>avatar</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-03-15 03:15:08" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>GG5, Koj, Daijr</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-16 11:04:57" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-15 15:42:09" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>all kokugos say it's the act of appearing (現れ
ること）. only meikyo has it as また、そのもの)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vi;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -14 +15,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;incarnation&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;appearing (in changed shape) in our world (of a Buddha or Bodhisattva)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;incarnation on earth&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-15 17:26:10" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think it's just Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
I think "in our world" is implied.
I think we should drop "avatar".</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijr: 神仏などが姿を変えてこの世に現れること。</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,3 +15,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;appearing (in changed shape) in our world (of a Buddha or Bodhisattva)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;incarnation on earth&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;avatar&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;manifesting in bodily form (of a god or Buddha)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;incarnation&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-16 00:53:24" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>rh avatar
the descent of a deity to the earth in an 
incarnate form or some manifest shape

OK so it's usu. used spec in hinduism but I 
think it's actually more fitting than 
incarnation because w incarnation, I get the 
feeling the Buddha has been reborn on Earth, 
or at least a manifestation in a more 
permanent form (Jesus being God incarnate), 
while 化現 seems to include more temporary 
manifestations (like say in the Greek myths)

Also I'm not convinced 化現 has to be in a 
"bodily form", that's not specified in the 
kokugos ("姿を変えて"). brit for example says
仏陀や菩薩が，この現実世界に惑い苦しむ生きとし生けるもの
を救うために，-いろいろな形をとって-現実の世界に現れるこ
と。 (my emphasis)


google.books
この三輪山の神・大物主神は蛇の姿に化現して神の妻のャマト
トトヒモモソヒメの前に姿を現したという話
snake (ok, body)

http://www.odawara-
hotelgreen.com/odawara/hachifukujin
福禄寿
中国の神様で、人々と言うより中国道教の理想である幸福、俸
禄の意味を持ち南極老人星の化現として現われた神様とされて
います。
(fukurokuju is himself a god)


nikk 大聖不動明王
 密教では大日如来の化現として、一切の悪魔煩悩を降伏させ
る。

noticed by the way kotobank's nikk has 転じて、
ものが形になってあらわれること。

https://www.info.pmda.go.jp/downfiles/otc/PDF/
J0601006951_01_A.pdf
(3)みずむし・たむし等又は化現している 。

https://www.mmba.jp/archives/36054
この星の水は姿を変え様々に化現しているが</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -15 +15 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;manifesting in bodily form (of a god or Buddha)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;manifesting in a bodily form (of a god or Buddha)&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;avatar&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-18 20:07:42" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think avatar is ok.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5:
【仏教】 (an) incarnation; (an) avatar.
～する appear in [take on] human form; incarnate oneself 《as…》</upd_refs>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>