| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Ichiji kinrin mandara 一字金輪曼荼羅 | A variety of small, decidated mandala *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 centered on… |
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| Ichiji kinrin 一字金輪 | Lit. One-Syllable Golden Wheel. Also read Ichiji konrin and also known as Kinrin Butchō 金輪仏頂 (Golden-… |
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| Idaten 韋駄天 | Also written 違駄天. The Indian deity Skanda, son of Shiva and general of his army, who became a protector of the Dharma in… |
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| Ikkyū 一休 | An abbreviation of Ikkyū Zenji 一休禅師, the Zen 禅 priest Ikkyū (1394-1481) of the *… |
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| Ippen 一遍 | Commonly known as Ippen Shōnin 一遍上人 or St. Ippen (1234-89). The founder of the Ji 時 sect. From Iyo 伊予 Province (modern Ehime… |
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| Izusan Gongen 伊豆山権現 | Also called Hashiriyu Gongen 走湯権現. A deity associated with a hot spring which wells up on Izusan 伊豆山, a hill of 166… |
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