| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakushi 薬師 | The name of the Buddha associated with healing. Sino-Japanese rendering of Sanskrit Bhaisajyaguru, meaning "Medicine Master… |
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| Yamagoe no Amida 山越阿弥陀 | Also read Yamagoshi no Amida; Amida yamagoe (yamagoshi) raigō 阿弥陀山越来迎. Lit. "Amida… |
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| yasha 夜叉 | Also yakusha 薬叉 (Sk: yaksa), a class of semi-divine beings usually considered to be of a benevolent and… |
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| Yōryū Kannon 楊柳観音 | Also called Yakuō Kannon 薬王観音. Lit. "Willow Kannon" or "*Kannon 観音 with a willow branch… |
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| Yoshino mandara 吉野曼茶羅 | Devotional paintings of the deities and landscape of Mt. *Yoshino 吉野. Yoshino… |
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| Yuima 維摩 | Sk: Vimalakirti (pure reputation); Ch: Weimo. Indian Buddhist layman (Ch: jushi, Jp: koji 居士) famous for… |
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| Zaō Gongen 蔵王権現 | Also Kongō Zaō Bosatsu 金剛蔵王菩薩. The deity of Kinpusen 金峰山 in Nara, one of the most important deities of the Japanese… |
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| Zendō 善導 | Commonly known as Zendō Daishi 善導大師 (Ch: Shandao Dashi, 613-81) or Great Master Zendō . The third patriarch of Pure… |
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| Zengetsuyō rakan 禅月様羅漢 | Ch: Chanyueyang Luohan. A type of ink painting of arhats or *rakan 羅漢… |
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| Zenmyōshin 善妙神 | Also known as Zenmyō nyoshin 善妙女神. A deity that protects the Kegon 華厳 sect of Buddhism. According to the legend, a… |
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| Zennyo Ryūō 善女竜王 | Lit. "Dragon King Zennyo." The subject of a painting by one of the disciples of *Kūkai 空海… |
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| Zōchōten 増長天 | Sk: Virudhaka. A fierce-looking guardian deity *funnusō 忿怒相, believed to… |
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