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Daian-ji
［大安寺］
Daigaku Saburō
［大学三郎］
Daiitoku
［大威徳］ ()
Daikoku
［大黒］ (;  Mahākāla)
daimoku
［題目］ ()
daimoku of the essential teaching
［本門の題目］ ( hommon-no-daimoku)
Dainichi
［大日］ ()
Daishin
［大進］ (n.d.)
Daishin-bō
［大進房］ (d. 1279)
Daishonin
［大聖人］ ()
Dammira
［檀弥羅］ (n.d.)
Dammiri
［檀弥利・檀弥栗］
dāna
［布施］ (, Pali;  fuse)
dāna-pati
［檀那・檀越］ (, Pali;  danna or dan’otsu)
Dandaka, Mount
［檀特山］ (;  Dandoku-sen)
Danna
［檀那］
Danna school
［檀那流］ ( Danna-ryū)
Dashabala Kāshyapa
［十力迦葉］ (; Pali Dasabala Kassapa;  Jūriki-kashō)
Decadent Law, age of the
［末法］ ( mappō)
decayed seeds
［敗種］ ( haishu)
Decline of the Law Sutra
［法滅尽経］ (Chin Fa-mieh-chin-ching;  Hōmetsujin-kyō)
Deer Feet
［鹿足王］ ( Rokusoku-ō)
Deer Park
［鹿野苑］ ( Mrigadāva; Pali Migadāya;  Rokuya-on)
Deer Park period
［鹿苑時］ ( Rokuon-ji)
Delving into the Profundity of the Flower Garland Sutra
［華厳経探玄記］ (Chin Hua-yen-ching-t’an-hsüan-chi;  Kegongyō-tangen-ki)
demon
［悪鬼・鬼］ ( akki or ki)
Demon Eloquence
［鬼弁婆羅門］ (n.d.) ( Kiben-baramon)
Dengyō
［伝教］ (767–822)
dependent origination
［縁起・因縁］ ( pratītya-samutpāda; Pali paticcha-samuppāda;  engi or innen)
desiring little and knowing satisfaction
［少欲知足］ ( shōyoku-chisoku)
determinate groups
［決定性］ ( ketsujō-shō)
deva
［天］ (, Pali;  ten)
Devadatta
［提婆達多］ (, Pali;  Daibadatta)
“Devadatta” chapter
［提婆達多品］ ( Daibadatta-hon)
devil
［魔］ (, Pali māra;  ma)
devil king
［魔王］ ( maō)
devil king of the sixth heaven
［第六天の魔王］ ( dairokuten-no-maō)
Dhammapada
［法句経］ (Pali;  Hokku-kyō)
dhāranī
［陀羅尼］ (;  darani)
“Dhāranī” chapter
［陀羅尼品］ ( Darani-hon)
dharma
［法］ (; Pali dhamma;  hō)
Dharma Analysis Treasury, The
［阿毘達磨倶舎論］ ( Abhidharma-kosha-bhāshya or Abhidharmakosha-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-chü-she-lun;  Abidatsuma-kusha-ron)
Dharma Analysis Treasury school
［倶舎宗］ (Chin Chü-she-tsung;  Kusha-shū)
Dharma body
［法身］ ( dharma-kāya;  hosshin)
dharma-chakra
［法輪］ (;  hōrin)
Dharma Characteristics school
［法相宗］ (Chin Fa-hsiang-tsung;  Hossō-shū)
Dharma eye
［法眼］ ( hōgen)
Dharmagupta
() (1) ［達摩笈多］ (d. 619) ( Darumagyūta); (2) ［達摩掬多］ (n.d.) ( Darumakikuta)
Dharmagupta school
［法蔵部・曇無徳部］ (;  Hōzō-bu or Dommutoku-bu)
Dharmakāla
［曇摩迦羅・曇柯迦羅］ (n.d.) (;  Dommakara or Donkakara)
Dharmākara
［法蔵比丘］ (;  Hōzō-biku)
dharma-kāya
［法身］ (;  hosshin)
Dharma King
［法王］ ( dharma-rāja;  hō’ō)
Dharma master
［法師］ ( hosshi)
Dharmamitra
［曇摩蜜多・曇無蜜多］ (356–442) (;  Dommamitta or Dommumitta)
Dharma nature
［法性］ ( hosshō)
Dharmapāla
［護法］ (530–561) (;  Gohō)
Dharmaraksha
() (1) ［竺法護］ (n.d.) ( Jiku-hōgo); (2) ［曇無讖］ (385–433) ( Dommushin or Dommusen)
Dharmaruchi
［曇摩流支］ (n.d.) (;  Dommarushi)
Dharma seal
［法印］ ( hōin) ( dharma-uddāna)
Dharma teacher
［法師］ ( hosshi)
Dharma Treasury
［法蔵比丘］ ( Dharmākara;  Hōzō-biku)
Dharma-wheel
［法輪］ ( hōrin)
Dharma Wisdom
［法慧菩薩］ ( Hōe-bosatsu)
Dharmayashas
［曇摩耶舎］ (n.d.) (;  Dommayasha)
Dharmodgata
［曇無竭菩薩］ (;  Dommukatsu-bosatsu)
dhātu
［界］ (, Pali;  kai)
Dhritaka
［提多迦］ (n.d.) (;  Daitaka)
Dhritarāshtra
［持国天］ (;  Jikoku-ten)
dhūta practice
［頭陀・頭陀行］ (, Pali;  zuda or zuda-gyō)
dhyāna
［禅・禅定］ (;  zen or zenjō)
Diamond Banner
［金剛幢菩薩］ ( Kongōdō-bosatsu)
Diamond Crown Sutra
［金剛頂経］ ( Sarvatathāgata-tattvasamgraha; Chin Chin-kang-ting-ching;  Kongōchō-kyō)
Diamond-like Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
［金剛般若波羅蜜経］ ( Vajracchedikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Chin-kang-pan-jo-po-lo-mi-ching;  Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō)
diamond-pounder
［金剛杵］ ( vajra;  kongō-sho)
diamond precept
［金剛宝器戒］ ( kongō-hōki-kai)
Diamond Realm
［金剛界］ ( vajradhātu;  kongō-kai)
Diamond Realm mandala
［金剛界曼荼羅］ ( kongōkai-mandara)
Diamond Scalpel, The
［金剛錍・金剛錍論］ (Chin Chin-kang-pei;  Kongōbei or Kongōbei-ron)
Diamond Storehouse
［金剛蔵菩薩］ ( Vajragarbha;  Kongōzō-bosatsu)
Diamond Sutra
［金剛経］ ( Kongō-kyō)
Diamond Wisdom Sutra
［金剛般若経］ ( Kongō-hannya-kyō)
Diamond World
［金剛界］ ( kongō-kai)
Diamond World mandala
［金剛界曼荼羅］ ( kongōkai-mandara)
Dictionary of the Pronunciation and Meaning of Buddhist Terms, A
［翻訳名義集］ (Chin Fan-i-ming-i-chi;  Hon’yaku-myōgi-shū)
difficult-to-practice way
［難行道］ ( nangyō-dō)
Dīgha-nikāya
［長部］ (Pali;  Chō-bu)
Dignāga
［陳那］ (n.d.) (;  Jinna)
dīpa
［灯明］ (, Pali;  tōmyō)
Dīpamkara
［燃燈仏］ (, Pali;  Nentō-butsu)
Dīpavamsa
［島史］ (Pali;  Tōshi)
direct pointing to the human mind
［直指人心］ ( jikishi-ninshin)
“discard, close, ignore, and abandon”
［捨閉閣抛］ ( sha-hei-kaku-hō)
discarding the provisional and revealing the true
［開権顕実］ ( kaigon-kenjitsu)
discipline master
［律師］ ( risshi)
“Distinctions in Benefits” chapter
［分別功徳品］ ( Fumbetsu-kudoku-hon)
Divākara
［地婆訶羅］ (612 or 613–687) (;  Jibakara)
Divergent Concepts in the Sutras and Vinaya Texts
［経律異相］ (Chin Ching-lü-i-hsiang;  Kyōritsu-isō)
doctrinal classification
［教判・教相判釈］ ( kyōhan or kyōsō-hanjaku)
doctrine of many-times recitation
［多念義］ ( tanen-gi)
doctrine of one-time recitation
［一念義］ ( ichinen-gi)
Doctrines of the Different Schools, The
［異部宗輪論］ ( Samaya-bhedoparachana-chakra; Chin I-pu-tsung-lun-lun;  Ibushūrin-ron)
Document for Entrusting Minobu-san, The
［身延山付嘱書］ ( Minobu-san-fuzoku-sho)
Document for Entrusting the Law that Nichiren Propagated throughout His Life, The
［日蓮一期弘法付嘱書］ ( Nichiren-ichigo-guhō-fuzoku-sho)
Dōgen
［道元］ (1200–1253)
Dōji
［道慈］ (d. 744)
Dōkyō
［道鏡］ (d. 772)
Dōryū
［道隆］ (1213–1278) (; Chin Tao-lung)
Dōsen
［道璿］ (702–760) (; Chin Tao-hsüan)
Dōshō
［道昭］ (629–700)
Dōzen-bō
［道善房］ (d. 1276)
dragon deity
［竜神］ (, Pali nāga;  ryūjin)
dragon girl
［竜女］ ( ryūnyo)
Dragon King of the Sea Sutra
［海竜王経］ (Chin Hai-lung-wang-ching;  Kairyūō-kyō)
dragon kings
［竜王］ ( nāga-rāja;  ryūō)
dragon king’s daughter
［竜女］ ( ryūnyo)
Drona
［香姓婆羅門］ (; Pali Dona;  Kōshō-baramon)
Dronodana
［斛飯王］ (; Pali Dhotodana;  Kokubonnō)
duhukha
［苦］ (;  ku)
dukkha
［苦］ (Pali;  ku)
Dunhuang
［敦煌］ (PY; WG Tun-huang;  Tonkō)
dust particles of the land
［大地微塵］ ( daichi-mijin)
dvesha
［瞋恚・瞋］ (; Pali dosa;  shinni or shin)
dvīpa
［洲］ (; Pali dīpa;  shū)
dvīpa
［洲］ (; Pali dīpa;  shū)

Danna ［檀那］: Also known as Kakuun. The founder of the Danna school, a branch of the Tendai school in Japan. He was popularly called the Supervisor of Priests Danna and the Administrator of Priests Danna. See Kakuun.