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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)

Vaishālī [毘舎離] (; Pali Vesālī;  Bishari): The capital city of the Licchavi tribe, a tribe belonging to the Vriji confederacy, one of the sixteen great states of ancient India. Vaishālī was one of the six major cities among the sixteen great states and prospered as a center of commerce. Shakyamuni Buddha visited the city on many occasions to preach, staying at Great Forest Monastery and elsewhere. Among the Buddha’s followers in Vaishālī was Ambapālī, a courtesan who donated a forest of mango trees to the Buddha. The lay believer Vimalakīrti also lived there. Toward the end of his life, Shakyamuni visited Vaishālī and spent his last rainy season nearby. The Second Buddhist Council was held in Vaishālī about a century after the Buddha’s death, and tradition has it that King Ashoka erected a stone pillar in Vaishālī in memory of the Buddha’s visit there. Vaishālī is also known as the birthplace of Mahāvīra, the founder of Jainism. Vaishālī is thought to have been located at present-day Basarh in northwestern Bihar state.


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