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  • Vaidehī

    ［韋提希］ (; Pali Vedehī;  Idaike)

  • vaipulya

    ［方等］ (;  hōdō)

  • Vairochana

    ［毘盧遮那仏］ (;  Birushana-butsu)

  • Vaishālī

    ［毘舎離］ (; Pali Vesālī;  Bishari)

  • Vaishravana

    ［毘沙門天・多聞天］ (;  Bishamon-ten or Tamon-ten)

  • Vajji

    ［跋耆・跋祇］ (Pali;  Baggi)

  • vajra-bearing god

    ［執金剛神］ ( vajrapāni or vajradhara;  shū-kongō-shin)

  • Vajrabodhi

    ［金剛智］ (;  Kongōchi)

  • Vajracchedikā Sutra

    ［金剛般若波羅蜜経］ (;  Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō)

  • vajradhātu

    ［金剛界］ (;  kongō-kai)

  • Vajrasattva

    ［金剛薩埵］ (;  Kongōsatta)

  • Vajrashekhara Sutra

    ［金剛頂経］ (;  Kongōchō-kyō)

  • Vajrayāna

    ［金剛乗］ (;  Kongō-jō)

  • vana

    ［林・園林］ (, Pali;  rin or onrin)

  • Varanasi

    ［波羅奈国］ ( Vārānasī; Pali Bārānasī;  Harana-koku)

  • varsha

    ［安居］ (;  ango)

  • Varshakāra

    ［雨行大臣］ (;  Ugyō-daijin)

  • vassa

    ［安居］ (Pali;  ango)

  • Vasubandhu

    ［世親・天親］ (n.d.) (;  Seshin or Tenjin)

  • Vasumitra

    ［世友］ (n.d.) (;  Seu or Seyū)

  • Vatsa

    ［跋蹉］ (;  Bassa)

  • Vātsīputrīya school

    ［犢子部］ (;  Tokushi-bu)

  • Vedehī

    ［韋提希］ (Pali;  Idaike)

  • Venuvana Monastery

    ［竹林精舎］ (;  Chikurin-shōja)

  • verse

    ［偈］ (, Pali gāthā;  ge)

  • verse section of the “Life Span” chapter

    ［自我偈］ ( Jiga-ge)

  • Verses on the Middle Way

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

  • VersesPraising Rebirth in the Pure Land, The

    ［往生礼讃偈］ ( Ōjō-raisan-ge)

  • Vesālī

    ［毘舎離］ (Pali;  Bishari)

  • vetāda

    ［毘陀羅］ (;  bidara)

  • vetāla

    ［毘陀羅］ (;  bidara)

  • vibhāshā

    ［毘婆沙］ (;  bibasha)

  • Vidūdabha

    ［波瑠璃王］ (Pali;  Haruri-ō)

  • vihāra

    ［精舎］ (, Pali;  shōja)

  • Vijnānānantya Realm

    ［識無辺処］ (;  Shikimuhen-jo)

  • Vijnānavāda school

    ［唯識派］ (;  Yuishiki-ha)

  • Vikramashilā Monastery

    ［ヴィクラマシラー寺］ (;  Bikuramashirā-ji)

  • Vimalakīrti

    ［維摩詰］ (;  Yuimakitsu)

  • Vimalakīrti Sutra

    ［維摩経］ ( Vimalakīrti-nirdesha; Chin Wei-mo-ching;  Yuima-kyō)

  • Vimalamitra

    ［無垢論師・無垢友］ (n.d.) (;  Muku-ronji or Mukuyū)

  • vimoksha

    ［解脱］ (;  gedatsu)

  • vimukti

    ［解脱］ (;  gedatsu)

  • vinaya

    ［律］ (, Pali;  ritsu)

  • Vinaya school

    ［律宗］ (;  Risshū)

  • vinayas of the five schools

    ［五部律］ ( gobu-ritsu)

  • Virtue Victorious

    ［徳勝童子］ ( Tokushō-dōji)

  • Virūdhaka

    () (1) ［波瑠璃王］ (Pali Vidūdabha;  Haruri-ō); (2) ［増長天］ ( Zōjō-ten or Zōchō-ten)

  • Virūpāksha

    ［広目天］ (;  Kōmoku-ten)

  • vīrya

    ［毘梨耶・精進］ (;  biriya or shōjin)

  • Vishvakarman

    ［毘首羯磨天］ (;  Bishukatsuma-ten)

  • voice-hearer

    ［声聞］ ( shrāvaka;  shōmon)

  • votary of the Lotus Sutra

    ［法華経の行者］ ( Hokekyō-no-gyōja)

  • vow

    ［誓願］ ( pranidhāna;  seigan)

  • Vriji

    ［跋耆・跋祇］ (; Pali Vajji;  Baggi)

  • vyākarana

    ［授記・記別・和伽羅那］ (;  juki, kibetsu, or wagarana)

varsha ［安居］ (;  ango): The period when Buddhist monks gathered at some sheltered location to devote themselves to study and discipline during the summer rainy season. See three-month retreat.


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