| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Taima mandara 当麻曼荼羅 | Mandala of Taima. The most complete depiction of the *Kangyō hensō… |
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| Taishakuten 帝釈天 | A major Hindu god called Indra or Sakra who has two major roles in Buddhist literature, one as king of the gods and lord of… |
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| Taizō kyūzuyō 胎蔵旧図様 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
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| Taizō zuzō 胎蔵図像 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
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| Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅 | A *mandara 曼荼羅 based on the Dainichikyō 大日経 (Sk: … |
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| takarabune 宝船 | ✓ | A sailboat hokakebune 帆掛船 at full sail, loaded with rice bushels and treasures takara 宝, often bearing the… |
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| Tamonten 多聞天 | Also *Bishamonten 毘沙門天. Sk: Vaisravana. A fierce guardian deity believed to protect… |
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| tanjōbutsu 誕生仏 | Lit. "Buddha at birth." A sculptural representation of the historical Buddha *Shaka 釈迦… |
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| Tara Bosatsu 多羅菩薩 | A female form of *Kannon 観音 who appears as the mother of the Kannon section (Kannon'in… |
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| ten 天 | An Indian god (Sk: deva) or goddess (Sk: devi) of non-Buddhist origin. When referring to such deities, the character "bu… |
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| tenjin 天神 | Lit. "heaven people." |
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| Tobatsu Bishamonten 兜跋毘沙門天 | A manifestation of *Bishamonten 毘沙門天 said to have appeared in the Central Asian… |
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| Totō Tenjin 渡唐天神 | ✓ | Tenjin crossing to China. The Heian period courtier, poet, and scholar Sugawara Michizane 菅原道真 (845-903) was deified as the… |
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