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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)

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［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)