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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)

ādāna-consciousness ［阿陀那識］ ( ādāna-vijnāna;  adana-shiki): Another name for ālaya-consciousness in the Consciousness-Only doctrine. Ādāna-consciousness was interpreted in China as “maintaining-consciousness” because it maintains the life and body of a sentient being. See also ālaya-consciousness.