| 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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| mandara 曼荼羅 | Also written 曼陀羅 or 曼拏羅. Mandala. A diagram that depicts Buddhist deities according to certain geometric formats and… |
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| Maria Kannon マリア観音 | The name used for the images of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ in the guise of *Kannon… |
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| Marishiten 摩利支天 | Transliteration of Sanskrit Marici, the name of a Buddhist goddess representing an amalgamation of several Hindu antecedents… |
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| Matarajin 摩多羅神 | The protective deity of the Jōgyō zanmaidō 常行三味堂 of Enryakuji 延暦寺 on Mt. Hiei 比叡 in Kyoto. He is usually portrayed… |
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| Memyō Bosatsu 馬鳴菩薩 | Also popularly known as Manari Myōjin 馬鳴明神 or Sanjin 蚕神 (God of Silkworms). A bodhisattva *… |
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| mikaeri Amida 見返阿弥陀 | Lit. "Amida looking back." An image of a standing *raigō-in Amida 来迎印阿弥陀… |
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| Mikomori Myōjin 御子守明神 | Also called Komori Myōjin 子守明神 and may appear in the triad known as Mikomori Sannyoshin 御子守三女神 (see below). The deity of… |
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| mikoshi 神輿 | Also read shin'yo. Also written 御輿. A palanquin used to transport Shinto deities. A mikoshi was believed… |
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| Miroku 弥勒 | Also Jishi 慈氏, lit. "compassionate one" (Sk. Maitreya). A bodhisattva *bosatsu… |
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| mishōtai 御正体 | A term whose definition falls under three headings. The first refers to representations of specific Shinto deities, often in… |
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| miya mandara 宮曼荼羅 | Lit. "mandala of a shrine." Devotional paintings (usually on large hanging scrolls) of the landscape of a shrine and its… |
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| Monju 文殊 | An abbreviation of Monjushiri 文殊師利 (also Manjushiri 曼殊室利), which transliterates Sk. Manjusri. Also translated Myōkichijō 妙吉祥… |
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| Muchaku Seshin 無著・世親 | Asanga and Vasubandhu, two 5th century Indian brothers instrumental in founding the Hossō 法相 school of Buddhism. Asanga (Jp… |
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| Myōken 妙見 | Sk: Sudrsti, also Sonshōō 尊星王 or Hokushin bosatsu 北辰菩薩. Originally a deification of the Polestar, … |
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| myōō 明王 | Translation of Sanskrit vidyaraja, meaning spell-king. Vidya literally means knowledge, but in Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō… |
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