| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aizen mandara 愛染曼荼羅 | A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅, or *… |
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| Aizen Myōō 愛染明王 | Also Aizen'ō 愛染王. Sk: Ragaraja. A deity unknown in India. The word 'raga' originally referred to the… |
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| ajari 阿闍梨 | Sk: acarya. Teacher or master. A title conferred on an eminent priest who guides his pupils and sets a good example… |
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| Akadōji 赤童子 | Lit. red youth. Also often called Kasuga Akadōji 春日赤童子. A mysterious human figure said to have appeared on a rock… |
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| Amida 阿弥陀 | Also Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来. Buddha of Infinite Light (Sk: Amitabha, Jp: Muryōkō 無量光), also Buddha of Infinite… |
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| Amida jōdo hensō 阿弥陀浄土変相 | Lit. Amida Pure Land Transformation Scene. A large scale depiction of the Pure Land Paradise, gokuraku jōdo 極楽浄土 of… |
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| Amida sanzon 阿弥陀三尊 | Lit. Amida triad. A triad consisting of the Buddha *Amida 阿弥陀 (Sk:Amitabha/Amitayus) at… |
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| Anchin mandara 安鎮曼荼羅 | A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 used for performing the anchinhō… |
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| Ashuku 阿閦 | Ashuku, also Ashiku. Immovable One (Sk: Aksobhya). The name of a Buddha today generally associated with Esoteric Buddhism… |
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| Ashura 阿修羅 | Sk: Asura. Also abbreviated to shura 修羅. Among the Indo-Iranians, the term Asura Ashura in Avestan,… |
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| hachibushū 八部衆 | Abbreviation of Tenryū hachibushū 天竜八部衆. Eight classes of Indian deities who were converted by *… |
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| hachidai dōji 八大童子 | Lit. eight great youths. Eight attendants of either *Monju 文殊 or more commonly *… |
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| Hafuki no Amida 歯吹きの阿弥陀 | Lit. *Amida, 阿弥陀, with teeth exposed. An image of a standing Amida with his… |
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| Hakusan mandara 白山曼荼羅 | Devotional paintings of the cult of Hakusan 白山 (white mountains), a group of mountains that border Gifu, Fukui,… |
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| Hannya bosatsu 般若菩薩 | In full Hannya-haramitsu (or Hannya-haramitta) bosatsu 般若波羅蜜(般若波羅蜜多)菩薩. A bodhisattva *… |
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| henge Kannon 変化観音 | The transformations in which *Kannon 観音 appears in order to save sentient… |
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| hiten 飛天 | Flying apsaras. Heavenly beings invisible to the human eye, believed to fly with superhuman power and speed. Found in Middle… |
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| hōkan Amida 宝冠阿弥陀 | Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with a Jeweled Crown. A typical representation of Buddha *… |
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| Hokekyō hensō 法華経変相 | Drawings or paintings, zu 図 depicting the doctrine and stories of the Lotus Sutra Hokekyō 法華経,… |
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| Hokke mandara 法華曼荼羅 | Lit. Lotus Mandala. Also Hokekyō mandara 法華経曼荼羅 (mandala depiction of the Lotus Sutra), Hokekyō hōtō mandara… |
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| hokuto mandara 北斗曼荼羅 | A variety of mandala dedicated to specific deities *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅… |
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| Hōnen 法然 | Commonly known as Hōnen Shōnin 法然上人 or St. Hōnen (1133-1212), founder of the Pure Land, Jōdo 浄土 sect in… |
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| honjibutsu 本地仏 | The original Buddhist identity of a Shinto deity *kami 神. Sometime before the… |
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| honjō-zu 本生図 | Lit. Illustrations of original lives. The original lives; honjō 本生 or honshō, or former lives of the… |
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| Hōrōkaku manadara 宝楼閣曼荼羅 | A specific type of mandala *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅, based on the Daihō… |
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| hoshi mandara 星曼荼羅 |
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| Hossō rokuso 法相六祖 | Lit. Six Patriarchs of the Hossō sect. In Japan: Shin'ei 神叡 (d. 737), Genbō 玄昉 (d. 746), Zenshu 善珠 (723-97), Gyōga 行賀(729-… |
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| Hotei 布袋 | ✓ | Ch: Budai. A semi-legendary, itinerant 10th-century Buddhist monk who became a popular subject in Chinese and Japanese ink… |
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