| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fu Daishi 傅大士 | Ch: Fu Daishi. Buddhist Master Fu or Great Teacher Fu. The Chinese Buddhist layman Fu Xi (Jp: Fu Kyū 傅翕, 497-569)… |
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| Fudarakusen 補陀落山 | Sanskrit: Potalaka. Sometimes written 普陀楽山, 布落迦山; also called Fudaraku 補陀落. Octagonal island-mountain paradise… |
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| Fudō Myōō 不動明王 | The chief of the Five Great Myōō, *Godai Myōō 五大明王, Fudō has been, and… |
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| Fugen 普賢 | Lit. universally good (Sk: Samantabhadra); also Henkitsu 遍吉. A bodhisattva, *bosatsu… |
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| Fuji mandara 富士曼荼羅 | Devotional paintings of Mt. Fuji 富士 in a large hanging scroll format. Usually they are in the form of sankei mandara… |
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| Fūjin Raijin 風神雷神 | Lit. Wind God and Thunder God. Based on popular Indian deities (Sk: Vayu and Varun) and Chinese deities (Ch: Fengshen 風神 and… |
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| Fukūkenjaku Kannon 不空羂索観音 | Also known as Fukūkensaku Kannon. His name, "non-empty noose," is pronounced differently in Shingon 真言 (Fukaukenjaku) and… |
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| Fukurokuju 福禄寿 | ✓ | Ch: Fu Lu Shou. A popular deity of wealth (fuku 福), happiness (roku 禄), and longevity( ju 寿),… |
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| gaki 餓鬼 | Hungry ghosts. One of the types within the group *rokudō-e 六道絵 (paintings of… |
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| gakuten 楽天 | Heavenly musicians. Heavenly beings *hiten 飛天, playing musical instruments,… |
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| Genjō 玄奘 | Ch: Xuanzhuang/Xuanzang (600/2-664). A Chinese monk of the Tang Dynasty and the founder of the Hossō sect (see *… |
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| Genzu mandara 現図曼荼羅 | Genzu mandala. A version of the *Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅 that is… |
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| Gigeiten 技芸天 | Goddess of the Arts. A minor Buddhist deity revered in Japan as patroness of the arts. According to the Gigei tennyo… |
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| giki 儀軌 | Sk: kalpa. Regulations prescribing Esoteric Buddhist mikkyō 密教 ceremonies, incantations and services, and the… |
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| gobu shinkan 五部心観 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
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| gochi nyorai 五智如来 | Lit. Five Wisdom *nyorai 如来 (Sk: Tathagatas); this refers to the Five Buddhas… |
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| Godai Myōō 五大明王 | Also sometimes called godaison 五大尊. Lit. five great *myōō 明王. Myōō… |
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| godairiki bosatsu 五大力菩薩 | Lit. five great bodhisattvas of strength. Also godairikiku 五大力吼 (five roars of great strength) or godairikison… |
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| gohyaku rakan 五百羅漢 | Ch: wubai luohan. Five hundred arhats *rakan 羅漢, a Buddhist art subject… |
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| gokōshii Amida 五劫思惟阿弥陀 | Also read gokōshiyui Amida. Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 Meditating for Five Kalpas, a kalpa… |
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| Goso 五祖 | Ch: Wuzu. The Chinese priest Kōnin 弘忍 (Ch: Hongren, 601-75). The fifth patriarch of the Zen (Ch: Chan) sect. Representations… |
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| Gōzanze Myōō 降三世明王 | Also Shōzanze Myōō 勝三世明王. Lit. *myōō 明王 who subjugates the three worlds… |
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| Gozu Tennō 牛頭天王 | Also called Butō 武塔, Gion Tenjin 祇園天神, or simply Tennō 天王. The deity of Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 in Gion 祇園, Kyoto, also called… |
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| guhari-no-Amida 紅玻璃阿弥陀 | Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with Red Skin. An image of Amida depicted in red, or less commonly… |
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| Gundari Myōō 軍荼利明王 | Also Kanro Gundari 甘露軍荼利 (Sk: Amrtakundalin); also known as Kirikiri Myōō 吉里吉里明王. One of the five great myōō *… |
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| Guze Kannon 救世観音 | A name often used for *Shōkannon 聖観音, it refers to the simple (non-esoteric) form of… |
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