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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 Gadgadasvara［妙音菩薩］ (; Myō’on-bosatsu) Gainer of Great Authority［得大勢菩薩］ ( Mahāsthāmaprāpta; Tokudaisei-bosatsu) Gakkō［月光］ () gandha［香・乾陀］ (, Pali; kō or kenda) Gandhara［ガンダーラ・健駄羅国］ (, Pali Gandhāra; Gandāra or Kendara-koku) gandharva［乾闥婆］ (; kendatsuba) Gangā［恒河・ガンジス河］ (, Pali; Gōga or Ganjisu-gawa) Ganges River［恒河・ガンジス河］ ( Gōga or Ganjisu-gawa) Ganges sands［恒河沙］ ( gōga-sha) Gangō-ji［元興寺］ Ganjin［鑑真］ (688–763) (; Chin Chien-chen) garbhadhātu［胎蔵界］ (; taizō-kai) garment-snatching demoness［奪衣婆］ ( datsueba) garment-suspending demon［懸衣翁］ ( kenneō) garuda［迦楼羅］ (; karura) gāthā［偈・伽陀］ (, Pali; ge or kada) gati［趣・道］ (, Pali; shu or dō) Gautama［瞿曇］ (; Pali Gotama; Kudon) Gautamī［憍曇弥］ (; Kyōdommi) Gayā［伽耶城］ (, Pali; Gaya-jō) Gayā Kāshyapa［伽耶迦葉］ (; Pali Gayā Kassapa; Gaya-kashō) Gayāshīrsha, Mount［伽耶山・象頭山］ (; Pali Gayāsīsa; Gaya-sen or Zōzu-sen) Gembō［玄昉］ (d. 746) general and specific viewpoints［総別の二義］ ( sōbetsu-no-nigi) general transfer［総付嘱］ ( sō-fuzoku) Genkō Era Biographies of Eminent Priests, The［元亨釈書］ ( Genkō-shakusho) Genkū［源空］ Gennin［源仁］ (818–887) Genshin［源信］ (942–1017) geya［祇夜・重頌］ (; giya or jūju) ghee［醍醐味］ ( daigo-mi) Ghoshila［瞿師羅］ (; Pali Ghosita; Kushira) Gien［義淵］ (d. 728) Gijō-bō［義浄房］ (n.d.) Girika［耆利柯・耆利］ (n.d.) (; Girika or Giri) Gishin［義真］ (781–833) Gladly Seen［喜見菩薩］ ( Kiken-bosatsu) Gladly Seen by All Living Beings( Sarva-sattva-priyadarshana) (1) ［一切衆生喜見如来］ ( Issai-shujō-kiken-nyorai); (2) ［一切衆生喜見菩薩］ ( Issai-shujō-kiken-bosatsu) Glorious Kalpa［荘厳劫］ ( Shōgon-kō) Godānīya［瞿耶尼・牛貨洲］ (; Kuyani or Goke-shū) god of fragrance［香神］ ( kōjin) god of the moon［月天］ ( Gatten) god of the sun［日天］ ( Nitten) Gohonzon［御本尊］ () Gokuraku-ji［極楽寺］ gold circle［金輪］ ( kānchana-mandala; konrin) Golden Color［金色王］ ( Konjiki-ō) Golden Light Sutra［金光明経］ ( Suvarnaprabhāsa-sūtra or Suvarnaprabhāsottama-sūtra; Chin Chin-kuang-ming-ching; Konkōmyō-kyō) golden-winged bird［金翅鳥］ ( konji-chō) gold-wheel treasure［金輪宝］ ( konrin-hō) gold-wheel-turning king［金輪王・金輪聖王］ ( konrin-ō or konrin-jō’ō) Gomyō［護命］ (750–834) gongyō［勤行］ () Gonsō［勤操］ (758–827) Gon’yo［厳誉］ (n.d.) good friend［善知識］ ( kalyāna-mitra; zen-chishiki) Good Kalpa［善劫］ ( Zen-kō) Good Law Hall［善法堂］ ( Zembō-dō) good man［善男子］ ( kula-putra; zen-nanshi) good root［善根］ ( kushala-mūla; zengon or zenkon) Good to See［善見城］ ( Zenken-jō) Good Treasures［善財童子］ ( Sudhana-shreshthi-dāraka or Sudhana; Zenzai-dōji) good woman［善女人］ ( kula-duhitri; zen-nyonin) Gopikā［瞿夷］ (; Kui) Gōsanze［降三世］ () Gosho［御書］ () Gotama［瞿曇］ (Pali; Kudon) Gotamī［憍曇弥］ (Pali; Kyōdommi) gradual teaching［漸教］ ( zen-kyō) Great Adornment(1) ［大荘厳仏］ ( Daishōgon-butsu); (2) ［大荘厳菩薩］ ( Daishōgon-bosatsu) Great Arrogant Brahman［大慢婆羅門］ (n.d.) ( Daiman-baramon) Great Awesome Virtue［大威徳明王］ ( Yamāntaka; Daiitoku-myō’ō) Great Canon of Monastic Rules, The［摩訶僧祇律］ (Chin Mo-ho-seng-chih-lü; Maka-sōgi-ritsu) great citadel of the Avīchi hell［阿鼻大城］ ( Abi-daijō) great citadel of the hell of incessant suffering［無間大城］ ( Muken-daijō) Great Collection Sutra［大集経］ (Chin Ta-chi-ching; Daijikkyō) Great Commander［太元帥明王］ ( Ātavaka; Taigensui-myō’ō, better known as Taigen-myō’ō) Great Commentary on the Abhidharma, The［阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論］ ( Abhidharma-mahāvibhāshā-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-ta-p’i-p’o-sha-lun; Abidatsuma-daibibasha-ron) Great Compassion Sutra［大悲経］ (Chin Ta-pei-ching; Daihi-kyō) Great Concentration and Insight［摩訶止観］ (Chin Mo-ho-chih-kuan; Maka-shikan) Great Forest Monastery［大林精舎］ ( Mahāvana-vihāra; Dairin-shōja) great impartial wisdom［平等大慧］ ( byōdō-daie) Greatly Enlightened World-Honored One［大覚世尊］ ( Daikaku-seson) Great Ornament of Tales, The［大荘厳論経］ ( Kalpanā-manditikā; Chin Ta-chuang-yen-lun-ching; Daishōgon-rongyō) Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra(1) ［摩訶般若波羅蜜経］ ( Panchavimshatisāhasrikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Mo-ho-pan-jo-po-lo-mi-ching; Makahannya-haramitsu-kyō); (2) ［摩訶般若波羅蜜経］ ( Asht Great Power［勢至菩薩］ ( Mahāsthāmaprāpta; Seishi-bosatsu) great pure Law［大白法］ ( daibyakuhō) great south gate［南大門］ ( nandaimon) Great T’ang Dynasty Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, The［大唐内典録］ (Chin Ta-t’ang-nei-tien-lu; Daitō-naiten-roku) great teacher［大師］ (Chin ta-shih; daishi) Great Treasure Chamber［大宝坊］ ( Daihō-bō) Great Universal Wisdom Excellence［大通智勝仏］ ( Mahābhijnā-jnānābhibhū; Daitsūchishō-butsu) great vehicle［大乗］ ( daijō) great white ox cart［大白牛車］ ( daibyaku-gosha) great wisdom of equality［平等大慧］ ( byōdō-daie) Great Wisdom Sutra［大般若経］ ( Mahāprajnāpāramitā-sūtra; Chin Ta-pan-jo-ching; Daihannya-kyō) Great Yüeh-chih［大月氏］ ( Dai-gesshi) greed［貪・貪欲・愛］ (, Pali rāga; ton, ton’yoku, or ai) greed and stinginess［慳貪］ ( kendon) Gridhrakūta［耆闍崛山・霊鷲山］ (; Pali Gijjhakūta; Gishakussen or Ryōju-sen) griha-pati［居士］ (; koji) Guidelines for Believers of the Fuji School, The［富士一跡門徒存知の事］ ( Fuji-isseki-monto-zonchi-no-koto) Gunabhadra［求那跋陀羅］ (394–468) (; Gunabaddara) Gunamati［徳慧］ (n.d.) (; Tokue) Gunaprabha［徳光］ (n.d.) (; Tokukō) Gunavarman［求那跋摩］ (367–431) (; Gunabatsuma) Gurupādaka, Mount［尊足山］ (; Sonsoku-sen) Gyōchi［行智］ (n.d.) Gyōhyō［行表］ (724–797) Gyōki［行基］ (668–749) Gyōnen［凝然］ (1240–1321)