从“佛陀”及其异译看佛教用语的社团差异

梵文词Buddha,最初译为＂佛＂,佛陀＂是它的后起形式,在东晋以后的南北译经中广泛使用,同时出现了＂佛图＂＂浮屠＂＂浮图＂＂佛驮＂＂勃陀＂＂浮陀＂等相关形式,除了在意义和用法上有一些差别以外,它们在文献的分布上也存在着明显的不同,反映了不同的社团在佛教用语上的差异。

The Differentia of Buddhism Diction in Chinese from the Word Buddha and its Different Translations

The word Buddha was originally translated into Chinese word fo,while fotuo was its later form,and was widely used in the Buddha classics of Chinese after the East-Jin dynasty.At the same time,there appeared a lot of similar forms.Other than the differences of meaning and its usage,there are obvious differences in the literature distribution,which reflect the differences of the different organizations in their Buddhism diction.