| 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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| Raigō-in Amida 来迎印阿弥陀 | Lit. "Amida with welcoming descent mudras." A figure of *Amida 阿弥陀 with hand… |
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| raigō-zu 来迎図 | Painted images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas, such as *Shaka 釈迦, *… |
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| rakan 羅漢 | Arhat. Ch: luohan, Sk: arhan. Abbreviation of arakan 阿羅漢, a translation of the Sk. term arhan… |
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| rasetsu 羅刹 | Transliteration of Sanskrit raksasa, a term for demons in general, but which may also be divided into three classes… |
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| Rinzai 臨済 | Also known by the Chinese name: Linji. A Tang dynasty priest who founded a major school of chan (Jp: Zen 禅) Buddhism. Zen… |
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| Rishukyō mandara 理趣経曼荼羅 | The Rishukyō jūhachi-e mandara was introduced from China to Japan by Ennin 円仁 (794-864) and Shūei 宗叡 (809-884… |
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| Roku Kannon 六観音 | A group of six forms of *Kannon 観音, each of which is responsible for saving… |
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| rokudō-e 六道絵 | Also occasionally read rikudō-e. Lit. "six paths." |
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| rokuji myōgō 六字名号 | Lit. "six character name." The six Chinese characters used to write "Namu Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏." An homage to the… |
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| Rokuso 六祖 | The sixth Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) patriarch, Huineng (Jp: Enō 慧能, 638-713), also considered the 33rd patriarch in descent from the… |
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| Rushanabutsu 盧舎那仏 | Also read "Roshanabutsu." The Rushana Buddha. Rushana is an abbreviation of Birushana 昆盧舎那 in turn a… |
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| Ryōkai mandara 両界曼荼羅 | Lit. "mandala of the two realms," namely, the *Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅… |
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