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  • Ābhāsvara Heaven

    ［光音天］ (;  Kō’on-ten)

  • abhidharma

    ［阿毘達磨］ (; Pali abhidhamma;  abidatsuma)

  • Abhidharmakosha

    ［阿毘達磨倶舎論］ (;  Abidatsuma-kusha-ron)

  • Abhidharma school

    ［毘曇宗］ (; Chin P’i-t’an-tsung;  Bidon-shū)

  • Abhirati

    ［阿比羅提］ (;  Ahiradai)

  • abhisheka

    ［灌頂］ (;  kanjō)

  • absolute myō

    ［絶待妙］ ( zetsudai-myō)

  • Abutsu-bō

    ［阿仏房］ (d. 1279)

  • Accumulated Great Treasures Sutra

    ［大宝積経］ (Chin Ta-pao-chi-ching;  Daihōshaku-kyō)

  • Accumulated Treasures Sutra

    ［宝積経］ ( Hōshaku-kyō)

  • Achala

    ［不動明王］ (;  Fudō-myō’ō)

  • āchārya

    ［阿闍梨］ (;  ajari)

  • acquired enlightenment

    ［始覚］ ( shikaku)

  • ādāna-consciousness

    ［阿陀那識］ ( ādāna-vijnāna;  adana-shiki)

  • administrator of priests

    ［僧正］ ( sōjō)

  • Afterword to the Lotus Sutra Translation, The

    ［法華翻経後記］ (Chin Fa-hua-fan-ching-hou-chi;  Hokke-hongyō-kōki)

  • agada

    ［阿伽陀］ (, Pali;  akada)

  • Āgama

    ［阿含］ (, Pali;  Agon)

  • Āgama period

    ［阿含時］ (, Pali;  Agon-ji)

  • Āgama sutras

    ［阿含経］ (, Pali;  Agon-gyō)

  • Agastya

    ［阿竭多仙］ (;  Akada-sen)

  • age of conflict

    ［闘諍堅固］ ( tōjō-kengo)

  • age of quarrels and disputes

    ［闘諍堅固］ ( tōjō-kengo)

  • Agnidatta

    ［阿耆達多・阿耆達・阿耆多］ (;  Agidatta, Agitatsu, or Agita)

  • ahimsā

    ［アヒンサー］ (, Pali;  ahinsā)

  • Aizen

    ［愛染］ ()

  • Ajātashatru

    ［阿闍世王］ (; Pali Ajātasattu;  Ajase-ō)

  • Ajita

    () (1) (2) ［阿逸多］ ( Aitta); (3) ［阿耆多］ ( Agita)

  • Ajita Kesakambala

    ［阿耆多翅舎欽婆羅］ (Pali;  Agita-shishakimbara)

  • Ajitavatī

    ［阿恃多伐底河］ (;  Ajitabattei-ga)

  • Ājīvika school

    ［アージービカ派・邪命外道］ (, Pali;  Ājībika-ha or Jamyō-gedō)

  • Ājnāta Kaundinya

    ［阿若憍陳如］ (; Pali Annā Kondanna;  Anya-kyōjinnyo)

  • Akanishtha Heaven

    ［阿迦尼吒天・色究竟天］ (;  Akanita-ten or Shikikukyō-ten)

  • ākāsha

    ［虚空・空］ (;  kokū or kū)

  • Ākāshagarbha

    ［虚空蔵菩薩］ (;  Kokūzō-bosatsu)

  • Ākāshānantya Realm

    ［空無辺処］ (;  Kūmuhen-jo)

  • ĀkimchanyaRealm

    ［無所有処］ (;  Mushou-sho)

  • Akimoto Tarō Hyōe-no-jō

    ［秋元太郎兵衛尉］ (d. 1291)

  • Akshobhya

    ［阿閦仏］ (;  Ashuku-butsu)

  • Ālāra Kālāma

    ［阿羅邏迦藍］ (Pali;  Ārāda Kālāma;  Arara-karan)

  • ālaya-consciousness

    ［阿頼耶識］ ( ālaya-vijnāna;  araya-shiki)

  • alms bowl

    ［鉢］ ( pātra; Pali patta;  hachi or hatsu)

  • almsgiving

    ［布施］ (, Pali dāna;  fuse)

  • amala-consciousness

    ［阿摩羅識］ ( amala-vijnāna;  amara-shiki)

  • Ambapālī

    ［菴婆羅女］ (Pali;  Āmrapālī;  Ambara-nyo)

  • Ambapālī Garden

    ［菴没羅園・菴羅園］ (Pali;  Ammora-on or Anra-on)

  • Amida

    ［阿弥陀］ (;  Amitāyus or Amitābha)

  • Amida Sutra

    ［阿弥陀経］ ( Sukhāvatīvyūha; Chin O-mi-t’o-ching;  Amida-kyō)

  • Amitābha

    ［阿弥陀仏・無量光仏］ (;  Amida-butsu or Muryōkō-butsu)

  • Amitāyus

    ［阿弥陀仏・無量寿仏］ (;  Amida-butsu or Muryōju-butsu)

  • Amoghavajra

    ［不空］ (;  Fukū)

  • Āmrapālī

    ［菴婆羅女］ (;  Ambara-nyo)

  • Āmrapālī Garden

    ［菴没羅園・菴羅園］ (;  Ammora-on or Anra-on)

  • amrita

    ［甘露］ (; Pali amata;  kanro)

  • Amritodana

    ［甘露飯王］ (; Pali Amitodana;  Kanrobonnō)

  • anāgāmin

    ［阿那含・不還］ (, Pali;  anagon or fugen)

  • Ānanda

    ［阿難］ (, Pali;  Anan)

  • ananta

    ［無辺・無量］ (, Pali;  muhen or muryō)

  • Anāthapindada

    ［給孤独］ (; Pali Anāthapindika;  Gikkodoku)

  • Anavatapta

    ［阿耨達竜王］ (;  Anokudatsu-ryūō)

  • Anavatapta Lake

    ［阿耨池・阿耨達池・無熱池］ (;  Anokuchi, Anokudatchi, or Munetchi)

  • An Fa-ch’in

    ［安法欽］ (n.d.) (PY An Faqin;  An-hōkin)

  • Anga

    ［鴦伽国］ (, Pali;  Ōga-koku)

  • anger

    ［瞋恚・瞋］ ( dvesha; Pali dosa;  shinni or shin)

  • Angulimāla

    ［央掘摩羅］ (Pali;  Angulimālya;  Ōkutsumara)

  • Anguttara-nikāya

    ［増支部］ (Pali;  Zōshi-bu)

  • Aniruddha

    ［阿那律］ (; Pali Anuruddha;  Anaritsu)

  • An’ne

    ［安慧］ (794–868)

  • Annen

    ［安然］ (b. 841)

  • annihilating consciousness and reducing the body to ashes

    ［灰身滅智］ ( keshin-metchi)

  • Annotations on “Great Concentration and Insight,” The

    ［止観輔行伝弘決］ (Chin Chih-kuan-fu-hsing-chuan-hung-chüeh;  Shikan-bugyōden-guketsu)

  • Annotations on the Flower Garland Sutra, The

    ［華厳経疏］ (Chin Hua-yen-ching-shu;  Kegongyō-sho)

  • Annotations on the Mahāvairochana Sutra, The

    ［大日経疏］ (Chin Ta-jih-ching-shu;  Dainichikyō-sho)

  • Annotations on the Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The

    ［法華義疏］ (1) (Chin Fa-hua-i-shu;  Hokke-gisho) (549–623); (2) ( Hokke-gisho) (574–622)

  • Annotations on “The Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra,” The

    ［法華玄義釈籤］ (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-i-shih-ch’ien;  Hokke-gengi-shakusen)

  • Annotations on “The Treatise on the Middle Way,” The

    ［中観論疏］ (Chin Chung-kuan-lun-shu;  Chūganron-sho)

  • Annotations on “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra,” The

    ［法華文句記］ (Chin Fa-hua-wen-chü-chi;  Hokke-mongu-ki)

  • anointment ceremony

    ［灌頂］ ( kanjō)

  • Anraku

    ［安楽］

  • An Shih-kao

    ［安世高］ (n.d.) (PY An Shigao;  An-seikō)

  • Anthology of the Propagation of Light, The

    ［弘明集］ (Chin Hung-ming-chi;  Gumyō-shū)

  • Anti-Lokāyata school

    ［逆路伽耶陀］ (;  Gyakurokayada)

  • Anuruddha

    ［阿那律］ (Pali;  Anaritsu)

  • anuttara

    ［阿耨多羅・無上］ (, Pali;  anokutara or mujō)

  • anuttara-samyak-sambodhi

    ［阿耨多羅三藐三菩提・無上正等正覚］ (;  anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai or mujō-shōtō-shōgaku)

  • Aparagodānīya

    ［瞿耶尼・牛貨洲・西牛貨洲］ (;  Kuyani, Goke-shū, or Sai-goke-shū)

  • aranya

    ［阿蘭若・阿練若・空閑］ (;  arannya, arennya, or kūgen)

  • arhat

    ［阿羅漢］ (;  arakan)

  • Arida

    ［阿利吒］

  • arjaka

    ［阿梨樹］ (;  ari-ju)

  • armor of perseverance

    ［忍辱の鎧］ ( ninniku-no-yoroi)

  • arrogance

    ［慢］ (, Pali māna;  man)

  • ārūpya-dhātu

    ［無色界］ (;  mushiki-kai)

  • Āryadeva

    ［提婆・聖提婆］ (n.d.) (;  Daiba or Shōdaiba)

  • Āryasimha

    ［師子尊者］ (n.d.) (;  Shishi-sonja)

  • asamkhya

    ［阿僧祇］ (;  asōgi)

  • Asanga

    ［無著］ (n.d.) (;  Mujaku)

  • Ashoka

    ［阿育王］ (r. c. 268–232 ) (;  Aiku-ō)

  • ashoka tree

    ［阿輸迦樹・無憂樹］ (;  ashuka-ju or muu-ju)

  • Ashvaghosha

    ［馬鳴］ (n.d.) (;  Memyō)

  • Ashvajit

    ［阿説示］ (; Pali Assaji;  Asetsuji)

  • Asita

    (1) ［阿私仙人］ (;  Ashi-sennin); (2) ［阿私陀］ (, Pali;  Ashida)

  • aspiration for enlightenment

    ［菩提心］ (, Pali bodhi-chitta;  bodai-shin)

  • Aspiration for the Law

    ［楽法梵志］ ( Gyōbō-bonji)

  • āsrava

    ［漏］ (;  ro)

  • Asuka-dera

    ［飛鳥寺］

  • asura

    ［阿修羅］ (, Pali;  ashura)

  • atimuktaka

    ［阿提目多伽］ (;  adaimokutaka)

  • Atsuhara Persecution

    ［熱原の法難］ ( Atsuhara-no-hōnan)

  • attaining Buddhahood in one’s present form

    ［即身成仏］ ( sokushin-jōbutsu)

  • attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime

    ［一生成仏］ ( isshō-jōbutsu)

  • attainment of Buddhahood

    ［成仏］ ( jōbutsu)

  • attainment of Buddhahood by evil persons

    ［悪人成仏］ ( akunin-jōbutsu)

  • attainment of Buddhahood by persons of the two vehicles

    ［二乗作仏］ ( nijō-sabutsu)

  • attainment of Buddhahood by women

    ［女人成仏］ ( nyonin-jōbutsu)

  • attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past

    ［久遠実成］ ( kuon-jitsujō)

  • Auspicious

    ［吉祥天］ ( Shrīmahādevī or Mahāshrī;  Kichijō-ten)

  • avadāna

    ［阿波陀那］ (;  abadana)

  • avaivartika

    ［阿毘跋致］ (;  abibatchi)

  • Avalokitasvara

    ［観世音菩薩］ (;  Kanzeon-bosatsu)

  • Avalokiteshvara

    ［観自在菩薩・観世音菩薩］ (;  Kanjizai-bosatsu or Kanzeon-bosatsu)

  • Avanti

    ［阿槃提国］ (, Pali;  Ahandai-koku)

  • Avatamsaka Sutra

    ［華厳経］ (;  Kegon-gyō)

  • Avīchi hell

    ［阿鼻地獄］ (, Pali;  Abi-jigoku)

  • avivartika

    ［阿毘跋致］ (;  abibatchi)

  • Awakening of Faith

    ［起信論］ ( Kishin-ron)

  • Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, The

    ［大乗起信論］ (Chin Ta-ch’eng-ch’i-hsin-lun;  Daijō-kishin-ron)

  • Awa Province

    ［安房国］ ( Awa-no-kuni)

  • Awesome Sound King

    ［威音王仏］ ( Bhīshma-garjita-svara-rāja;  Ionnō-butsu)

  • Ayodhyā

    ［阿踰闍］ (;  Ayuja)

Asuka-dera ［飛鳥寺］: Another name for Gangō-ji temple. The temple was built at Nara in Japan in 596. See Gangō-ji.


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