The Soka GakkaiDictionary of Buddhism Dictionary Skip to main content (Press Enter). 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 Kacchāyana［迦旃延］ (Pali; Kasennen) K’ai-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The［開元釈教録］ (Chin K’ai-yüan-shih-chiao-lu; Kaigen-shakkyō-roku) K’ai-yüan-ssu［開元寺］ (PY Kaiyuansi; Kaigen-ji) Kakuban［覚鑁］ (1095–1143) Kakumyō［覚明］ Kakuun［覚運］ (953–1007) kālakula［迦羅求羅］ (; karakura or karagura) Kalandaka［迦蘭陀］ (; Karanda) kalavinka［迦陵頻伽］ (; karyōbinga) Kālayashas［畺良耶舎］ (383–442) (; Kyōryōyasha) Kāli［迦利王］ (; Kari-ō) Kalmāshapāda［斑足王・鹿足王］ (; Hansoku-ō or Rokusoku-ō) Kālodāyin［迦留陀夷］ (; Karudai) kalpa［劫］ (; kō) kalpa of continuance［住劫］ ( jū-kō) kalpa of decline［壊劫］ ( e-kō) kalpa of decrease［減劫］ ( gen-kō) kalpa of disintegration［空劫］ ( kū-kō) kalpa of formation［成劫］ ( jō-kō) kalpa of increase［増劫］ ( zō-kō) kāma-dhātu［欲界］ (, Pali; yokkai or yoku-kai) Kanāda［カナーダ］ (; Kanāda) Kānadeva［迦那提婆］ (; Kanadaiba) Kanakamuni［倶那含仏］ (; Kunagon-butsu) K’ang-seng-hui［康僧会］ (d. 280) (PY Kangsenghui; Kōsōe) Kanishka［迦弐色迦王］ (n.d.) (; Kanishika-ō) Kannon［観音］ () Kanroku［観勒］ (n.d.) (; Kor Kwallŭk) Kanzeon［観世音］ () Kanzeon-ji［観世音寺］ Kao-ch’ang［高昌国］ (PY Gaochang; Kōshō-koku) Kapila［迦毘羅］ (; Kabira) Kapilavastu［迦毘羅衛国］ (; Pali Kapilavatthu; Kabirae-koku) Kapimala［迦毘摩羅・毘羅尊者］ (n.d.) (; Kabimara or Bira-sonja) karma［業］ (; Pali kamma; gō) karma mandala［羯磨曼荼羅］ ( katsuma-mandara) karunā［悲・慈悲］ (, Pali; hi or jihi) Kashgar［疏勒国］ ( Soroku-koku) Kāshī［迦尸国］ (; Pali Kāsī; Kashi-koku) Kashmir［迦湿弥羅国・諝賓国］ ( Kashmīra or Kāshmīra; Kashumira-koku or Keihin-koku) Kāshyapa() (1) ［迦葉菩薩］ ( Kashō-bosatsu); (2) ［迦葉仏］ ( Kashō-butsu) Kāshyapa Mātanga［迦葉摩騰］ (n.d.) (; Kashō-matō) Kāshyapīya school［飲光部・迦葉遺部］ (; Onkō-bu or Kashōi-bu) Kataumi［片海］ Kātyāyana［迦旃延］ (; Pali Kacchāyana or Kacchāna; Kasennen) Kātyāyanīputra［迦多衍尼子］ (n.d.) (; Kataennishi) Kaundinya［憍陳如］ (; Kyōjinnyo) Kaushāmbī［憍賞弥国］ (; Pali Kosambī; Kyōshōmi-koku) Kaushika［憍尸迦］ (; Kyōshika) Kawanobe, the lay priest of［河野辺の入道］ (n.d.) ( Kawanobe-no-nyūdō) Kegon school［華厳宗］ ( Kegon-shū) Kenchō-ji［建長寺］ Kennin-ji［建仁寺］ Kenshin［顕真］ (1130–1192) Kharadīya, Mount［伽羅陀山］ (; Karada-sen) Khotan［于闐・和田］ ( Uten or Hōtan) Khuddaka-nikāya［小部］ (Pali; Shō-bu) Kichijō-ten［吉祥天］ () Kimbara［金原］ (n.d.) kimnara［緊那羅］ (; kinnara) King Above Jeweled Dignity and Virtue［宝威徳上王仏］ ( Ratnatejobhyudgatarāja; Hōitokujō’ō-butsu) “King Wonderful Adornment” chapter［妙荘厳王品］ ( Myōshōgon-nō-hon) Kinkara［吉迦夜］ (n.d.) (; Kikkaya) Kishimojin［鬼子母神］ () Kiyomizu-dera［清水寺］ Kizil caves［キジル石窟］ ( Kijiru-sekkutsu) klesha［煩悩］ (; bonnō) knot of flesh on the head［肉髻相］ ( ushnīsha-shiraskatā; nikkei-sō) Kō, the lay nun of［国府尼］ (n.d.) ( Kō-ama or Kō-no-ama) Kō, the lay priest of［国府入道］ ( Kō-nyūdō) kōan［公案］ (; Chin kung-an) Kōben［高弁］ Kōbō［弘法］ (774–835) Kōchi［広智］ (n.d.) Kōfuku-ji［興福寺］ Kōjō［光定］ (779–858) Kokālika［瞿伽利］ (, Pali; Kugyari or Kukari) Kokan Shiren［虎関師錬］ (1278–1346) Kokūzō［虚空蔵］ () Komatsubara Persecution［小松原の法難］ ( Komatsubara-no-hōnan) Kōmoku-ten［広目天］ () Kongōbu-ji［金剛峯寺］ Kōnichi, the lay nun［光日尼］ ( Kōnichi-ama) Kōnichi-bō［光日房］ (n.d.) Kōsai［幸西］ (1163–1247) Kosala［憍薩羅国］ (, Pali; Kyōsara-koku) Kosambī［憍賞弥国］ (Pali; Kyōshōmi-koku) kōsen-rufu［広宣流布］ () koti［倶胝］ (, Pali; kutei) Kōya, Mount［高野山］ ( Kōya-san) Krakucchanda［拘留孫仏］ (; Kuruson-butsu) Kriki［訖哩枳王］ (; Kiriki-ō) Krita［訖利多王］ (n.d.) (; Kirita-ō) krosha［倶盧舎］ (; kurosha) kshānti［忍・忍辱］ (; nin or ninniku) Kshatriya［刹帝利］ (; setsuteiri) kshetra［国土・刹土］ (; kokudo or setsudo) Kshitigarbha［地蔵菩薩］ (; Jizō-bosatsu) kū［空］ () Kuang-che-ssu［光宅寺］ (PY Guangzhesi; Kōtaku-ji) Kuang-hsiu［広脩・広修］ (771–843) (PY Guangxiu; Kōshū or Kōshu) Kuan-ting［灌頂］ (PY Guanding; Kanjō) Kuan-yin［観音菩薩］ (PY Guanyin; Kannon-bosatsu) Kubo, the lay nun of［窪尼］ (n.d.) ( Kubo-no-ama) Kucha［亀茲・庫車］ ( Kiji or Kosha) Kudō Yoshitaka［工藤吉隆］ (d. 1264) K’uei-chi［窺基］ (PY Kuiji; Kiki) Kūkai［空海］ Kukkutapāda, Mount［鶏足山］ (; Keisoku-sen) Kukkutārāma Monastery［鶏頭摩寺］ (, Pali; Keizuma-ji) Kumārajīva［鳩摩羅什］ (344–413) (; Kumarajū) Kumāralāta［鳩摩羅駄］ (; Kumarada) Kumārata［鳩摩羅駄］ (n.d.) (; Kumarada) Kumārayāna［鳩摩羅炎］ (n.d.) (; Kumaraen) kumbhānda［鳩槃荼］ (; kuhanda) Kundalī［軍荼利明王］ (; Gundari-myō’ō) Kuntī［皐諦・皐諦女］ (; Kōdai or Kōdai-nyo) Kuo-ch’ing-ssu［国清寺］ (PY Guoqingsi; Kokusei-ji) kuon-ganjo［久遠元初］ () Kuon-ji［久遠寺］ Kurkutārāma Monastery［鶏頭摩寺］ (; Keizuma-ji) Kuru［倶盧洲］ (, Pali; Kuru-shū) kusha grass［吉祥草］ (; kichijō-sō) Kushan［クシャーナ朝・貴霜朝］ ( Kushāna-chō or Kisō-chō) Kusha school［倶舎宗］ ( Kusha-shū) Kushinagara［拘尸那掲羅・倶尸那城］ (; Pali Kusinārā; Kushinagara or Kushina-jō) Kusinārā［拘尸那掲羅・倶尸那城］ (Pali; Kushinagara or Kushina-jō) Kūya［空也］ (903–972) Kyōnin-bō［鏡忍房］ (d. 1264) Kyō’ō［経王］ (b. 1272) Kyō’ō Gokoku-ji［教王護国寺］