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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)

mahā ［摩訶］ (, Pali;  maka): Great, superior, large, numerous, or major. It is often a component of Sanskrit Buddhist terms and proper nouns, such as mahāyāna (great vehicle, or great teaching), mahāsattva (great being, an honorific title for a bodhisattva), mahāprajnā (great wisdom), mahāparinirvāna (great complete nirvana), and Mahākāshyapa (Great Kāshyapa).