약사여래

한자 표기

• 藥師如來

이칭

• 약사불(藥師佛)

해설문 용례

• 청주 서기사 석조약사여래좌상

	The medicine bowl in the left hand indicates that it is a statue of Bhaisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha. He is believed to possess the power to heal illness and physical defects.
출처: 충청북도 청주 서기사 석조약사여래좌상

영문 용어

Bhaisajyaguru Buddha

• McArthur, Meher, Reading Buddhist Art, London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, p.31.
• 시공테크, 『그림과 명칭으로 보는 한국의 문화유산 Korean Cultural Heritage Seen Through Pictures and Names』 1, 시공테크, 2002, 146쪽.
• 문화재청, 『문화재명칭 영문 표기 용례집』, 문화재청, 2014, 29쪽.
• 국립중앙박물관, 『2015 국립중앙박물관 전시품 명칭 용례집』, 국립중앙박물관, 2015, 67쪽.
• Buswell, Robert E and Donald S. Lopez, The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2013, p.108.

Medicine Buddha

• McArthur, Meher, Reading Buddhist Art, London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, p.31.
• Buswell, Robert E and Donald S. Lopez, The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2013, p.108.

Healing Buddha

• McArthur, Meher, Reading Buddhist Art, London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, p.31.
• Buswell, Robert E and Donald S. Lopez, The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2013, p.108.

Buddha Bhaisajyaguru

• Lee, Soyoung, and Denise Patry Leidy, Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013, p.172.

Healing Teacher

• McArthur, Meher, Reading Buddhist Art, London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, p.31.

Medicine Teacher

• Buswell, Robert E and Donald S. Lopez, The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2013, p.108.

Buddha of Medicine

• Lee, Soyoung, and Denise Patry Leidy, Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013, p.173.

관련용어

용어	Relation	용어	비고
약사여래	isIdentifiedBy	약합	지물
약사여래	isIdentifiedBy	시무외인	수인
약사여래	isIdentifiedBy	항마촉지인	수인