| 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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| Nichiren 日蓮 | An abbreviation of Nichiren Shōnin 日連上人 (1222-82). A radical reformer of popular Buddhism and founder of the … |
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| nijūgo bosatsu 二十五菩薩 | Lit. "25 bodhisattvas *bosatsu 菩薩." The bosatsu that are… |
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| nijūhachi bushū 二十八部衆 | The 28 attendants of *Senju Kannon 千手観音. They protect those who place… |
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| nijūhasshuku 二十八宿 | Lit. "28 lunar mansions." In the astronomical theory of both ancient India and China the path of the moon during a single… |
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| nika byakudō-zu 二河白道図 | Also read niga byakudō-zu. Lit. "picture of Two Rivers and the White Path." Inspired by a parable taught by the… |
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| Nikkō Gakkō 日光・月光 | Solar Radiance and Lunar Radiance. 1 Sk: Suryavairocana and Candravairocana. Two… |
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| Ninnōgyō mandara 仁王経曼荼羅 | A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 based on the Ninnō Gokoku Hannya… |
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| Niō 仁王 | ✓ | Also written 二王. Also called *niten 二天 and Niōson 仁王尊. Lit. "two kings" or "benevolent kings."… |
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| niten 二天 | A pair of devas *ten 天 or Buddhist guardian gods, such as *… |
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| Niu Myōjin 丹生明神 | Also Niutsuhime Myōjin 丹生都比売明神. A female mountain deity that resides in Mt. Kōya 高野. According to legend *… |
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| Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 | Sk: Cintamanicakra. A form of *Kannon 観音, most often six armed and… |
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| nyorai 如来 | Lit. "the thus-come one." Sk: tathagata. One who has realized true enlightenment. In order to reach this state of… |
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