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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z All Word Ābhāsvara Heaven［光音天］ (; Kō’on-ten) abhidharma［阿毘達磨］ (; Pali abhidhamma; abidatsuma) Abhidharmakosha［阿毘達磨倶舎論］ (; Abidatsuma-kusha-ron) Abhidharma school［毘曇宗］ (; Chin P’i-t’an-tsung; Bidon-shū) Abhirati［阿比羅提］ (; Ahiradai) abhisheka［灌頂］ (; kanjō) absolute myō［絶待妙］ ( zetsudai-myō) Abutsu-bō［阿仏房］ (d. 1279) Accumulated Great Treasures Sutra［大宝積経］ (Chin Ta-pao-chi-ching; Daihōshaku-kyō) Accumulated Treasures Sutra［宝積経］ ( Hōshaku-kyō) Achala［不動明王］ (; Fudō-myō’ō) āchārya［阿闍梨］ (; ajari) acquired enlightenment［始覚］ ( shikaku) ādāna-consciousness［阿陀那識］ ( ādāna-vijnāna; adana-shiki) administrator of priests［僧正］ ( sōjō) Afterword to the Lotus Sutra Translation, The［法華翻経後記］ (Chin Fa-hua-fan-ching-hou-chi; Hokke-hongyō-kōki) agada［阿伽陀］ (, Pali; akada) Āgama［阿含］ (, Pali; Agon) Āgama period［阿含時］ (, Pali; Agon-ji) Āgama sutras［阿含経］ (, Pali; Agon-gyō) Agastya［阿竭多仙］ (; Akada-sen) age of conflict［闘諍堅固］ ( tōjō-kengo) age of quarrels and disputes［闘諍堅固］ ( tōjō-kengo) Agnidatta［阿耆達多・阿耆達・阿耆多］ (; Agidatta, Agitatsu, or Agita) ahimsā［アヒンサー］ (, Pali; ahinsā) Aizen［愛染］ () Ajātashatru［阿闍世王］ (; Pali Ajātasattu; Ajase-ō) Ajita() (1) (2) ［阿逸多］ ( Aitta); (3) ［阿耆多］ ( Agita) Ajita Kesakambala［阿耆多翅舎欽婆羅］ (Pali; Agita-shishakimbara) Ajitavatī［阿恃多伐底河］ (; Ajitabattei-ga) Ājīvika school［アージービカ派・邪命外道］ (, Pali; Ājībika-ha or Jamyō-gedō) Ājnāta Kaundinya［阿若憍陳如］ (; Pali Annā Kondanna; Anya-kyōjinnyo) Akanishtha Heaven［阿迦尼吒天・色究竟天］ (; Akanita-ten or Shikikukyō-ten) ākāsha［虚空・空］ (; kokū or kū) Ākāshagarbha［虚空蔵菩薩］ (; Kokūzō-bosatsu) Ākāshānantya Realm［空無辺処］ (; Kūmuhen-jo) ĀkimchanyaRealm［無所有処］ (; Mushou-sho) Akimoto Tarō Hyōe-no-jō［秋元太郎兵衛尉］ (d. 1291) Akshobhya［阿閦仏］ (; Ashuku-butsu) Ālāra Kālāma［阿羅邏迦藍］ (Pali; Ārāda Kālāma; Arara-karan) ālaya-consciousness［阿頼耶識］ ( ālaya-vijnāna; araya-shiki) alms bowl［鉢］ ( pātra; Pali patta; hachi or hatsu) almsgiving［布施］ (, Pali dāna; fuse) amala-consciousness［阿摩羅識］ ( amala-vijnāna; amara-shiki) Ambapālī［菴婆羅女］ (Pali; Āmrapālī; Ambara-nyo) Ambapālī Garden［菴没羅園・菴羅園］ (Pali; Ammora-on or Anra-on) Amida［阿弥陀］ (; Amitāyus or Amitābha) Amida Sutra［阿弥陀経］ ( Sukhāvatīvyūha; Chin O-mi-t’o-ching; Amida-kyō) Amitābha［阿弥陀仏・無量光仏］ (; Amida-butsu or Muryōkō-butsu) Amitāyus［阿弥陀仏・無量寿仏］ (; Amida-butsu or Muryōju-butsu) Amoghavajra［不空］ (; Fukū) Āmrapālī［菴婆羅女］ (; Ambara-nyo) Āmrapālī Garden［菴没羅園・菴羅園］ (; Ammora-on or Anra-on) amrita［甘露］ (; Pali amata; kanro) Amritodana［甘露飯王］ (; Pali Amitodana; Kanrobonnō) anāgāmin［阿那含・不還］ (, Pali; anagon or fugen) Ānanda［阿難］ (, Pali; Anan) ananta［無辺・無量］ (, Pali; muhen or muryō) Anāthapindada［給孤独］ (; Pali Anāthapindika; Gikkodoku) Anavatapta［阿耨達竜王］ (; Anokudatsu-ryūō) Anavatapta Lake［阿耨池・阿耨達池・無熱池］ (; Anokuchi, Anokudatchi, or Munetchi) An Fa-ch’in［安法欽］ (n.d.) (PY An Faqin; An-hōkin) Anga［鴦伽国］ (, Pali; Ōga-koku) anger［瞋恚・瞋］ ( dvesha; Pali dosa; shinni or shin) Angulimāla［央掘摩羅］ (Pali; Angulimālya; Ōkutsumara) Anguttara-nikāya［増支部］ (Pali; Zōshi-bu) Aniruddha［阿那律］ (; Pali Anuruddha; Anaritsu) An’ne［安慧］ (794–868) Annen［安然］ (b. 841) annihilating consciousness and reducing the body to ashes［灰身滅智］ ( keshin-metchi) Annotations on “Great Concentration and Insight,” The［止観輔行伝弘決］ (Chin Chih-kuan-fu-hsing-chuan-hung-chüeh; Shikan-bugyōden-guketsu) Annotations on the Flower Garland Sutra, The［華厳経疏］ (Chin Hua-yen-ching-shu; Kegongyō-sho) Annotations on the Mahāvairochana Sutra, The［大日経疏］ (Chin Ta-jih-ching-shu; Dainichikyō-sho) Annotations on the Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The［法華義疏］ (1) (Chin Fa-hua-i-shu; Hokke-gisho) (549–623); (2) ( Hokke-gisho) (574–622) Annotations on “The Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra,” The［法華玄義釈籤］ (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-i-shih-ch’ien; Hokke-gengi-shakusen) Annotations on “The Treatise on the Middle Way,” The［中観論疏］ (Chin Chung-kuan-lun-shu; Chūganron-sho) Annotations on “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra,” The［法華文句記］ (Chin Fa-hua-wen-chü-chi; Hokke-mongu-ki) anointment ceremony［灌頂］ ( kanjō) Anraku［安楽］ An Shih-kao［安世高］ (n.d.) (PY An Shigao; An-seikō) Anthology of the Propagation of Light, The［弘明集］ (Chin Hung-ming-chi; Gumyō-shū) Anti-Lokāyata school［逆路伽耶陀］ (; Gyakurokayada) Anuruddha［阿那律］ (Pali; Anaritsu) anuttara［阿耨多羅・無上］ (, Pali; anokutara or mujō) anuttara-samyak-sambodhi［阿耨多羅三藐三菩提・無上正等正覚］ (; anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai or mujō-shōtō-shōgaku) Aparagodānīya［瞿耶尼・牛貨洲・西牛貨洲］ (; Kuyani, Goke-shū, or Sai-goke-shū) aranya［阿蘭若・阿練若・空閑］ (; arannya, arennya, or kūgen) arhat［阿羅漢］ (; arakan) Arida［阿利吒］ arjaka［阿梨樹］ (; ari-ju) armor of perseverance［忍辱の鎧］ ( ninniku-no-yoroi) arrogance［慢］ (, Pali māna; man) ārūpya-dhātu［無色界］ (; mushiki-kai) Āryadeva［提婆・聖提婆］ (n.d.) (; Daiba or Shōdaiba) Āryasimha［師子尊者］ (n.d.) (; Shishi-sonja) asamkhya［阿僧祇］ (; asōgi) Asanga［無著］ (n.d.) (; Mujaku) Ashoka［阿育王］ (r. c. 268–232 ) (; Aiku-ō) ashoka tree［阿輸迦樹・無憂樹］ (; ashuka-ju or muu-ju) Ashvaghosha［馬鳴］ (n.d.) (; Memyō) Ashvajit［阿説示］ (; Pali Assaji; Asetsuji) Asita(1) ［阿私仙人］ (; Ashi-sennin); (2) ［阿私陀］ (, Pali; Ashida) aspiration for enlightenment［菩提心］ (, Pali bodhi-chitta; bodai-shin) Aspiration for the Law［楽法梵志］ ( Gyōbō-bonji) āsrava［漏］ (; ro) Asuka-dera［飛鳥寺］ asura［阿修羅］ (, Pali; ashura) atimuktaka［阿提目多伽］ (; adaimokutaka) Atsuhara Persecution［熱原の法難］ ( Atsuhara-no-hōnan) attaining Buddhahood in one’s present form［即身成仏］ ( sokushin-jōbutsu) attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime［一生成仏］ ( isshō-jōbutsu) attainment of Buddhahood［成仏］ ( jōbutsu) attainment of Buddhahood by evil persons［悪人成仏］ ( akunin-jōbutsu) attainment of Buddhahood by persons of the two vehicles［二乗作仏］ ( nijō-sabutsu) attainment of Buddhahood by women［女人成仏］ ( nyonin-jōbutsu) attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past［久遠実成］ ( kuon-jitsujō) Auspicious［吉祥天］ ( Shrīmahādevī or Mahāshrī; Kichijō-ten) avadāna［阿波陀那］ (; abadana) avaivartika［阿毘跋致］ (; abibatchi) Avalokitasvara［観世音菩薩］ (; Kanzeon-bosatsu) Avalokiteshvara［観自在菩薩・観世音菩薩］ (; Kanjizai-bosatsu or Kanzeon-bosatsu) Avanti［阿槃提国］ (, Pali; Ahandai-koku) Avatamsaka Sutra［華厳経］ (; Kegon-gyō) Avīchi hell［阿鼻地獄］ (, Pali; Abi-jigoku) avivartika［阿毘跋致］ (; abibatchi) Awakening of Faith［起信論］ ( Kishin-ron) Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, The［大乗起信論］ (Chin Ta-ch’eng-ch’i-hsin-lun; Daijō-kishin-ron) Awa Province［安房国］ ( Awa-no-kuni) Awesome Sound King［威音王仏］ ( Bhīshma-garjita-svara-rāja; Ionnō-butsu) Ayodhyā［阿踰闍］ (; Ayuja)