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  • Madhura

    [摩奴羅] (;  Manura)

  • madhya

    () (1) [末陀] ( mada); (2) [中] ( chū)

  • Madhyamaka-kārikā

    [中頌・中論頌・中論] (;  Chūju, Chūron-ju, or Chū-ron)

  • Mādhyamika school

    [中観派] (;  Chūgan-ha)

  • Madhyāntika

    [末田提・末田地] (;  Madendai or Madenji)

  • Magadha

    [摩掲陀国] (, Pali;  Makada-koku)

  • mahā

    [摩訶] (, Pali;  maka)

  • Mahābrahmā

    [大梵天] (, Pali;  Daibon-ten)

  • Mahābrahman Heaven

    [大梵天] (;  Daibon-ten)

  • Mahādeva

    [摩訶提婆・大天] (;  Makadaiba or Daiten)

  • Mahākacchāyana

    [摩訶迦旃延] (Pali;  Makakasennen)

  • Mahākāla

    [摩訶迦羅天] (;  Makakara-ten)

  • Mahākāshyapa

    [摩訶迦葉] (; Pali Mahākassapa;  Makakashō)

  • Mahākātyāyana

    [摩訶迦旃延] (;  Makakasennen)

  • Mahāmaudgalyāyana

    [摩訶目犍連・大目犍連] (;  Makamokkenren or Daimokkenren)

  • Mahāmāyā

    [摩訶摩耶] (, Pali;  Makamaya)

  • Mahānāma

    [摩訶男] (, Pali;  Makanan)

  • Mahāpanthaka

    [摩訶槃特] (, Pali;  Makahandoku)

  • Mahāparinirvāna Sutra

    (1) (3) [大般涅槃経] (Chin Ta-pan-nieh-p’an-ching;  Daihatsu-nehan-gyō); (2) [大般泥洹経] (Chin Ta-pan-ni-yüan-ching;  Daihatsu-naion-gyō)

  • Mahāprajāpatī

    [摩訶波闍波提] (; Pali Mahāpajāpatī;  Makahajahadai)

  • Mahāsamghika school

    [大衆部] (;  Daishu-bu)

  • mahāsattva

    [摩訶薩・大士] (;  makasatsu or daishi)

  • Mahāsattva

    [摩訶薩埵・薩埵王子] (;  Makasatta or Satta-ōji)

  • Mahāsthāmaprāpta

    [勢至菩薩] (;  Seishi-bosatsu)

  • Mahāvairochana

    [大日如来] (;  Dainichi-nyorai)

  • Mahāvairochana Sutra

    [大日経] (; Chin Ta-jih-ching;  Dainichi-kyō)

  • Mahāvamsa

    [大史・大王統史] (Pali;  Daishi or Dai-ōtōshi)

  • Mahāvana Monastery

    [大林精舎] (, Pali;  Dairin-shōja)

  • Mahāvastu

    [大事] (;  Daiji)

  • Mahayana Buddhism

    [大乗仏教] ( Daijō-bukkyō)

  • Mahayana Method of Concentration and Insight, The

    [大乗止観法門] (Chin Ta-ch’eng-chih-kuan-fa-men;  Daijō-shikan-hōmon)

  • Mahayana ordination platform

    [大乗戒壇] ( daijō-kaidan)

  • Mahendra

    [摩呬陀] (n.d.) (; Pali Mahinda;  Mahinda)

  • Maheshvara

    [摩醯首羅天] (;  Makeishura-ten)

  • Mahinda

    [摩呬陀] (Pali;  Mahinda)

  • Mahīshāsaka school

    [化地部・弥沙塞部] (;  Keji-bu or Mishasoku-bu)

  • mahoraga

    [摩睺羅伽] (, Pali;  magoraga)

  • maintaining-consciousness

    [執持識] ( shūji-shiki)

  • Maitreya

    () (1) [弥勒菩薩] ( Miroku-bosatsu); (2) [弥勒] ( Miroku)

  • maitrī

    [慈] (; Pali mettā;  ji)

  • Majjhima-nikāya

    [中部] (Pali;  Chū-bu)

  • major kalpa

    [大劫] ( dai-kō)

  • major world system

    [三千大千世界] ( trisāhasra-mahāsāhasraloka-dhātu;  sanzen-daisen-sekai)

  • major world system dust particle kalpas

    [三千塵点劫] ( sanzen-jintengō or sanzen-jindengō)

  • makara

    [摩竭] (, Pali;  makatsu)

  • Makkhali Gosāla

    [末伽梨拘舎梨] (Pali;  Makkari-kushari)

  • Malaya, Mount

    [摩黎山・摩羅耶山] (;  Mari-sen, Marei-sen, or Maraya-sen)

  • Malla

    [末羅] (, Pali;  Matsura)

  • Mallikā

    [末利] (, Pali;  Mari)

  • māna

    [慢] (, Pali;  man)

  • mandala

    [曼荼羅] (;  mandara)

  • māndāra flower

    [曼陀羅華] (;  mandara-ke)

  • Māndhātri

    [頂生王・曼陀多王] (;  Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō)

  • mani

    [摩尼] (, Pali;  mani)

  • manifested body

    [応身] ( nirmāna-kāya;  ōjin)

  • manjūshaka flower

    [曼殊沙華] (;  manjusha-ge)

  • Manjushrī

    [文殊師利菩薩・文殊菩薩] (;  Monjushiri-bosatsu or Monju-bosatsu)

  • mano-consciousness

    [末那識] ( mano-vijnāna;  mana-shiki)

  • man of pure faith

    [清信士] (, Pali upāsaka;  shōshin-ji)

  • Manoratha

    [摩羅他・如意] (n.d.) (;  Manurata or Nyoi)

  • Manorhita

    [摩奴羅] (n.d.) (;  Manura)

  • mantra

    [真言] (;  shingon)

  • many in body, one in mind

    [異体同心] ( itai-dōshin)

  • Many Treasures

    [多宝如来] ( Prabhūtaratna;  Tahō-nyorai)

  • māra

    [魔] (, Pali;  ma)

  • Marīchi

    [摩利支天] (;  Marishi-ten)

  • markings of the thousand-spoked wheel

    [千輻輪相] ( sempukurin-sō)

  • Mātanga

    [摩騰迦・摩騰] (;  Matōga or Matō)

  • Mathura

    [摩突羅国] ( Mathurā;  Matora-koku)</