Glossary
ajari 阿闍梨
expert, or master; taken from the Chinese
transliteration of the Sanskrt acarya,
meaning a person who knows and teaches
the rules
a-ji kan honzon 阿字観本尊
a-ji kan icon
a-ji kan 阿字観
the rite of meditating on the Sanskrit
character A
Aji kunō 阿字功能
The Efficacy of the Letter A
Ajigi 阿字義, alt.: Ajigiden 阿字義伝
The Significance of the Sanskrit Letter A
ak
ṣ
ara
Sanskrit characters
Amaterasu no Ōmikami 天照大御神
Ame no Uzume
天宇受売命 or 天鈿女命
Amida Buddha
阿弥陀如来
Anraku-gyōbon 安楽経本
bikuni 比丘尼
nun
bimba
images
bodaishin 菩提身; Skt.: bodhicitta
aspiration for Buddhahood
bodhisattva; Jp.: bosatsu 菩薩
Bodhisena; Jp: Bodaisenna 菩提僊那
bongo 梵語
Sanskrit language
bonji 梵字
Sanskrit characters
chūko 中古
medieval or medieval and peak of ancient
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dai mandara 大曼荼羅; Skt.: maha mandala
Daihi taizōhō mandara 大悲胎蔵法曼荼羅
Great Compassion Womb Dharma Mandala
(one of the paired ryōbu mandara)
Dainichi-kyō 大日経
Mahavairocana Sutra
daisōjō 大僧正
high priest
dh
ā
ra
ṇī
sacred Sanskrit phrase used to efficacious
effect
Dōshō (629-700) 道昭
emaki 絵巻
picture scroll
Emperor Fushimi
伏見天皇
(1265-1317)
Emperor Heizei
平城天皇
(773-824, r. 806-9)
Emperor Renzong 仁宗 (1010-1063; r. 1023-1062)
Emperor Tenji
天智天皇 (626-671)
Enomoto jinja 榎本神社
Fuhito 藤原不比等 (659-720)
fujikan 布字観
spreading the syllables
Fujiwara no Kamatari 藤原鎌足
Fujiwara no Sadanaga 藤原定長
fukatoku 不可得
unobtainable
Fukūkenjaku Kannon 不空拳弱観音
gachirin 月輪
moon disk
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Ganjin
鉴真;
Ch.: Jianzhen
Genjō sanzō e 玄奘三蔵絵
Xuanzang’s Travels in India
gorintō 五輪塔
death memorials or gravestones in a “five
elements” form shaped like a pagoda
gumonjihō
求聞持法
Morning Star Rite
gyakushu service
逆修
memorial service held for oneself
hannya haramitta kyō
般若波羅蜜多経
Prajnaparamita Sutra
Hannya shingō hiken
般若心經秘鍵
The Secret Key to the Heart Sutra
Hasedera
長谷寺
hatsushū 髪繍
hair embroidery
Heijō-kyō 平城京
modern day Nara
Heike nōkyō 平家納経
Sutra Dedicated by the Heike (Taira Clan)
Higashiyama Ōrai 東山往来
hijiri 聖
itinerant preachers
Himegami
姫神
himitsu mandarakyō fujōden 秘密曼荼羅教付法伝
Record of the Dharma Transmission of the
Secret Mandala Teaching
Hizōki 秘蔵記
Notes on the Secret Treasury
hō mandara 法曼荼羅; Skt.: dharma mandala
hōben 方便; Skt.: upaya
skillful means
Hōjōki 方丈記
The Ten Foot Square Hut
hokekyō 法華経
Lotus Sutra
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honden 本殿
honji-suijaku
本地垂迹
original forms of deities and their local
traces
honsha chūin 本社中院
honzon 本尊
primary deity
horimono 彫物
engraving or carving
Hossō 法相
Hōyaku 法薬
Huiguo 惠果 (746-805)
Iroha-uta いろは歌
the Iroha poem
Iwamoto jinja 岩本神社
Izanagi 伊邪那岐 or 伊弉諾
Izanami no Mikoto 伊弉冉尊 or 伊邪那美命
jigi 字義
true meaning; deep, esoteric meaning
jisha seiryoku 寺社勢力
shrine-temple power complexes
jisō 字相
signification based on appearances
Jizō 地蔵
Jōdo shū
浄土宗
Jōdo sect
Jōsangō shingon 淨三業真言
The Three Actions of Shingon
Jūichimen Kannon 十一面観音
kagura 神楽
god entertainment
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kairitsu fukkō undō 戒律復興運動
Buddhist precepts
kami 神
Shinto deity
Kamo no Chōmei 鴨長明 (circa 1153-1216)
kanjō 潅頂; Skt.: abhi
ṣ
eka
initiation, consecration, or sometimes
ordination
kanjō-in 潅頂院
Abhiseka Hall or Initiation Hall
Kannon 観音
Kasuga gongen genki emaki 春日権現験記絵巻
Tales of the Miracles of Kasuge [Shrine]
Picture Scroll
Kasuga miya mandara 春日
宮曼荼羅
Kasuga no Daimyōjin 春日の大明神
guardian deity of Kasuga
katsuma mandara
羯磨曼荼羅; Skt.: karma mandala
kechien kanjō 結縁潅頂
a kanjō that establishes a karmic bond with
an aspect or deity of esoteric Buddhism
kedashi 蓋し
probably
kengyō 顕教
Exoteric Buddhism
kenmitsu taisei 顕密体制
exoteric-esoteric system
Kōbō Daishi 弘法大師
Kōfuku-ji 興福寺
Kojiki 古事記
Record of Ancient Matters
Kojima-ryū 小島流
Kojima lineage
kokoro 心
heart, soul, mind
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kongōkai mandara 金剛界曼荼羅
Daimond World Mandala (on of the paired
ryōbu mandara)
Koshaki 古社記
An Ancient Record of the Shrine
kotodama no sagiwau kuni 言霊の幸う国
the land where the mysterious workings of
language bring bliss
kotodama 言霊
literally "word spirit"
kū 空; Skt.:
Śū
nyat
ā
emptiness, voidness
Kujōke 九条家
Kujō clan
Kūkai 空海 (774-835)
Kuroda Toshio
黒田俊雄
Manyō’shu 万葉集
Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves
manyōgana 万葉仮名
early Japanese syllabary composed of
Chinese characters used phonetically
mappō 末法
the Age of Dharma Decline
Mikkyō Daijiten 密教大辞典
Mikkyō Encyclopedia
Mikkyō 密教
Esoteric Buddhism—literally, secret
teachings
miya mandara 宮曼荼羅
shrine mandala
Mizuya jinja 水神社
Monju 文殊
monogatari 物語
tale, legend, story
Mudr
ā
sign, shown in hand movements
Myōe 明恵 (1173-1232)
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Nakatomi no Kamatari 中臣鎌足 (614-669)
Nakatomi no Tokifū 中臣ときふう(731-818)
Nan’endō 南円堂
south circle hall
nanmon 南門
southern gate
nenbutsu
念仏
practice of reciting the Buddha’s name
Nihon ryōiki
日本霊異記
Miraculous Stories of Japan
Nihon shoki 日本書紀
The Chronicles of Japan
niino hashi 二位橋
Ninkai 任界 (955-1046)
nonyūhin
納入品
interred item
Ōe no Masafusa 大江匡房 (1041-1111)
onnade
女手
women’s writing; literally, women’s hand
Ono no Imoko
小野妹子
ryōbu mandara 両部曼荼羅
Dual Mandala
ryōkai mandara 両界曼荼羅
Mandala of the Two Worlds
Saeki no Imaemishi
佐伯今毛人
(719-790)
Saichō 最澄 (767-822)
Sangō shiiki
三教指帰
Demonstrating the Goals of the Three
Teachings
Sanjūhassho jinja 三十八所神社
sanmaya mandara
三昧耶
曼荼羅 sometimes also
symbolic form mandala
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written in romaji as sammaya, Skt.: samaya mandala
Shaka 釈迦; Skt.:
Śā
kyamuni
Historical Buddha
shakkun 借訓
borrowed meaning
shakuon 借音
borrowed sound
Shen Yue
沈約 (
441-513 CE)
Shingō 真興 (934-1004)
Shingon fuhōden 真言付法伝
Short History of Shingon Dharma
Transmission
shinji 神事
place of the kami
shintai 神体
body of the kami
Shinzei
真済
(800-860)
shittan gakusha 悉曇学者
scholar of Sanskrit
Shittan jū fuka no koto
悉曇十不可ノ事
Ten Prohibitions of Sanskrit
Shittan jūhasshō
悉曇
十八章
The Eighteen Points of Sanskrit
Shittan jūnitsū kirigami daiji
悉曇
十二通切紙大事
Twelve Essential Documents Concerning
Sanskrit
shittan kanjō 悉曇潅頂
the initiation ritual of the transmission of
Sanskrit
shittangaku 悉曇学
the study—originally sectarian—of the
history of Sanskrit
shodō 書道
literally the way of writing
Shoku Nihongi
続日本紀
Classical Japanese history text
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shōraimokuroku 請来目録
Catalogue of Newly Imported Sutras and
Other Items
shūbutsu 繍仏
embroidered Buddha
shufa 書法
the way/method of writing
shugendō 修験道
mountain ascetic practice by itinerant
monks combining elements of Buddhism
and Shinto
shūji mandara 種字曼荼羅
seed-syllable mandala
Siddha
ṃ
; Jp.: shittan 悉曇; Ch.: xitan
taizō mandara 胎蔵曼荼羅
Great Compassion Mandala
Takaosan-ji
高雄山寺; also Jingo-ji,
神護寺
Takehaya Susanoo no Mikoto 建速須佐之男命
Takemikazuchi no Mikoto
武甕槌大神
Tendai 天台; Ch.: Tiantai
tō en 稲垣
Tsubosaka-ryū 壺坂流
Tsubosaka lineage
tsuizen kuyō
追善供養
memorial service held for the dead
urazaishiki 裏財式
back painting
waka kanjō 和歌潅頂
Wakamiya jinja 若宮神社
Wang Xizhi
王羲之
(ca. 307-365)
Xuanzang 玄奘 (circa 602-664)
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yamabushi 山伏
mountain ascetics
Yijing
義淨 (
635-713)
zuzō 図像
iconographic, iconography
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