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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)
matrix of the Tathāgata
［如来蔵］ ( nyorai-zō)
matrix of the Thus Come One
［如来蔵］ ( tathāgata-garbha;  nyorai-zō)
Matrix of the Thus Come One Sutra
［如来蔵経］ ( Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra; Chin Ju-lai-tsang-ching;  Nyoraizō-kyō)
Matsubagayatsu
［松葉ケ谷］
Matsubagayatsu Persecution
［松葉ケ谷の法難］ ( Matsubagayatsu-no-hōnan)
Matsuno Rokurō Saemon
［松野六郎左衛門］ (d. 1278)
Maudgalyāyana
［目連・目犍連］ (; Pali Moggallāna;  Mokuren or Mokkenren)
Māyā
［摩耶］ (, Pali;  Maya)
Māyā Sutra
［摩耶経］ (; Chin Mo-ya-ching;  Maya-kyō)
Meaning of the Four Teachings, The
［四教義］ (Chin Ssu-chiao-i;  Shikyō-gi)
Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The
［法華経義記・法華義記］ (Chin Fa-hua-ching-i-chi or Fa-hua-i-chi;  Hokekyō-giki or Hokke-giki)
Medicine King
［薬王菩薩］ ( Bhaishajyarāja;  Yakuō-bosatsu)
“Medicine King” chapter
［薬王品］ ( Yakuō-bon)
Medicine Master
［薬師如来］ ( Bhaishajyaguru;  Yakushi-nyorai)
Medicine Master Sutra
［薬師経］ ( Bhaishajyaguru-vaidūryaprabharāja-sūtra; Chin Yao-shih-ching;  Yakushi-kyō)
Medicine Superior
［薬上菩薩］ ( Bhaishajyarājasamudgata or Bhaishajyasamudgata;  Yakujō-bosatsu)
meditation
［禅・禅定］ ( dhyāna; Pali jhāna;  zen or zenjō)
meditation master
［禅師］ ( zenji)
Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra
［観無量寿経］ (Chin Kuan-wu-liang-shou-ching;  Kammuryōju-kyō)
Meditation on the Buddha Sutra
［観仏三昧経］ ( Kambutsu-sammai-kyō)
Meditation on the Correct Teaching Sutra
［正法念処経］ (Chin Cheng-fa-nien-ch’u-ching;  Shōbōnenjo-kyō)
meditation on the five elements
［五輪観］ ( gorin-kan)
meditation on the vileness of the body
［不浄観］ ( fujō-kan)
Meditation Sutra
［観経］ ( Kan-gyō)
meditation to behold the Buddhas
［般舟三昧］ ( pratyutpanna-samādhi;  hanju-zammai)
medium kalpa
［中劫］ ( chū-kō)
Medium-Length Āgama Sutra
［中阿含経］ (Chin Chung-a-han-ching;  Chū-agon-gyō)
Miao-lo
［妙楽］ (711–782) (PY Miaole;  Myōraku)
Middle Day of the Law
［像法］ ( zōbō)
middle path of the eight negations
［八不中道］ ( happu-chūdō)
Middle Way
［中道］ ( madhyamā-pratipad;  chūdō)
Mihirakula
［大族王］ (n.d.) (;  Daizoku-ō)
Mii-dera
［三井寺］
Mikkaka
［弥遮迦］ (;  Mishaka)
Mikuni no Taifu
［三国太夫］ (d. 1258)
Milinda
［弥蘭陀］ (n.d.) (Pali;  Miranda-ō)
Milindapanha
［ミリンダ王問経］ (Pali;  Mirindaō-monkyō)
Ming-sheng
［明勝］ (n.d.) (PY Mingsheng;  Myōshō)
Minobu, Mount
［身延山］ ( Minobu-san)
Minobu Transfer Document, The
［身延相承書］ ( Minobu-sōjō-sho)
Mirakutsu
［弥羅掘］
Miran
［ミーラーン］ ( Mīrān)
Miroku
［弥勒］ ()
Misawa Kojirō
［三沢小次郎］ (n.d.)
Miscellaneous Āgama Sutra
［雑阿含経］ (Chin Tsa-a-han-ching;  Zō-agon-gyō)
mitra
［知識］ (;  chishiki)
Mogao Caves
［莫高窟］ (PY; WG Mo-kao;  Bakkō-kutsu)
Moggallāna
［目連・目犍連］ (Pali;  Mokuren or Mokkenren)
moha
［愚癡・癡・無明］ (, Pali;  guchi, chi, or mumyō)
Mo-kao Caves
［莫高窟］ (PY Mogao;  Bakkō-kutsu)
moksha
［解脱］ (;  gedatsu)
Mongaku
［文覚］ (n.d.)
Monju
［文殊］ ()
Monjushiri
［文殊師利］ ()
moon, god of the
［月天］ ( Chandra;  Gatten)
Moonlight
［月光菩薩］ ( Chandraprabha;  Gakkō-bosatsu)
moon-loving meditation
［月愛三昧］ ( gatsuai-zammai)
Moon of Deliverance
［解脱月菩薩］ ( Vimuktichandra;  Gedatsugatsu-bosatsu)
most honored of two-legged beings
［両足尊・二足尊］ ( ryōsoku-son, ryōzoku-son, or nisoku-son)
Mother of Demon Children
［鬼子母神］ ( Hārītī;  Kishimojin)
Mountain King
［山王］ ( Sannō)
Mountain Order school
［山門派］ ( Sammon-ha)
Mountain school
(1) ［山門派］ ( Sammon-ha); (2) ［山家派］ (Chin Shan-chia-p’ai;  Sange-ha)
Mountain Sea Wisdom Unrestricted Power King
［山海慧自在通王如来］ ( Sāgara-vara-dhara-buddhi-vikrīditābhijna;  Sengaie-jizaitsūō-nyorai)
Mrigadāva
［鹿野苑］ (;  Rokuya-on)
mudra
［印契］ ( mudrā;  ingei)
Mugaku Sogen
［無学祖元］ (1226–1286) (; Chin Wu-hsüeh Tsu-yüan)
mukti
［解脱］ (;  gedatsu)
Multitudinous Graceful Actions Sutra
［普曜経］ ( Lalitavistara; Chin P’u-yao-ching;  Fuyō-kyō)
muni
［聖者・聖人・牟尼］ (, Pali;  seija, shōnin, or muni)
Mūrdhagata
［頂生王・曼陀多王］ (;  Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō)
mustard-seed kalpa
［芥子劫］ ( keshi-kō)
mutable karma
［不定業］ ( fujō-gō)
mutual possession of the Ten Worlds
［十界互具］ ( jikkai-gogu)
myō
［妙］ ()
Myōe
［明恵］ (1173–1232)
Myōhō, the lay nun
［妙法尼］ ( Myōhō-ama)
Myoho-renge-kyo
［妙法蓮華経］ ()
Myōichi, the lay nun
［妙一尼］ ( Myōichi-ama) (1) (2)
Myōichi-nyo
［妙一女］ (n.d.)
Myōjō Pond
［明星が池］ ( Myōjō-ga-ike)
Myōmitsu
［妙密］ (n.d.)
Myōren
［妙蓮］ (d. 1267) (d. 1323)
Myōshin, the lay nun
［妙心尼］ (n.d.) ( Myōshin-ama)
Myōun
［明雲］ (1115–1183)
Mystic Law
［妙法］ (Chin miao-fa;  myōhō)
Mystic Law
［妙法］ (Chin miao-fa; Jpn myōhō)

Mystic Law ［妙法］ (Chin miao-fa;  myōhō): Also, wonderful Law. The ultimate Law, principle, or truth of life and the universe in Nichiren’s teachings; the Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. This term derives from Kumārajīva’s Chinese translation of the Sanskrit word saddharma, from the title of the Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra, or the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law. It has been translated into English also as Wonderful Dharma, Fine Dharma, etc. (In this dictionary, in accord with published translations, it is rendered as Wonderful Law when referring to the title of the Lotus Sutra, and as Mystic Law when referring to the underlying principle it represents in Nichiren’s teaching.) See also Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.