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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 Madhura［摩奴羅］ (; Manura) madhya() (1) ［末陀］ ( mada); (2) ［中］ ( chū) Madhyamaka-kārikā［中頌・中論頌・中論］ (; Chūju, Chūron-ju, or Chū-ron) Mādhyamika school［中観派］ (; Chūgan-ha) Madhyāntika［末田提・末田地］ (; Madendai or Madenji) Magadha［摩掲陀国］ (, Pali; Makada-koku) mahā［摩訶］ (, Pali; maka) Mahābrahmā［大梵天］ (, Pali; Daibon-ten) Mahābrahman Heaven［大梵天］ (; Daibon-ten) Mahādeva［摩訶提婆・大天］ (; Makadaiba or Daiten) Mahākacchāyana［摩訶迦旃延］ (Pali; Makakasennen) Mahākāla［摩訶迦羅天］ (; Makakara-ten) Mahākāshyapa［摩訶迦葉］ (; Pali Mahākassapa; Makakashō) Mahākātyāyana［摩訶迦旃延］ (; Makakasennen) Mahāmaudgalyāyana［摩訶目犍連・大目犍連］ (; Makamokkenren or Daimokkenren) Mahāmāyā［摩訶摩耶］ (, Pali; Makamaya) Mahānāma［摩訶男］ (, Pali; Makanan) Mahāpanthaka［摩訶槃特］ (, Pali; Makahandoku) Mahāparinirvāna Sutra(1) (3) ［大般涅槃経］ (Chin Ta-pan-nieh-p’an-ching; Daihatsu-nehan-gyō); (2) ［大般泥洹経］ (Chin Ta-pan-ni-yüan-ching; Daihatsu-naion-gyō) Mahāprajāpatī［摩訶波闍波提］ (; Pali Mahāpajāpatī; Makahajahadai) Mahāsamghika school［大衆部］ (; Daishu-bu) mahāsattva［摩訶薩・大士］ (; makasatsu or daishi) Mahāsattva［摩訶薩埵・薩埵王子］ (; Makasatta or Satta-ōji) Mahāsthāmaprāpta［勢至菩薩］ (; Seishi-bosatsu) Mahāvairochana［大日如来］ (; Dainichi-nyorai) Mahāvairochana Sutra［大日経］ (; Chin Ta-jih-ching; Dainichi-kyō) Mahāvamsa［大史・大王統史］ (Pali; Daishi or Dai-ōtōshi) Mahāvana Monastery［大林精舎］ (, Pali; Dairin-shōja) Mahāvastu［大事］ (; Daiji) Mahayana Buddhism［大乗仏教］ ( Daijō-bukkyō) Mahayana Method of Concentration and Insight, The［大乗止観法門］ (Chin Ta-ch’eng-chih-kuan-fa-men; Daijō-shikan-hōmon) Mahayana ordination platform［大乗戒壇］ ( daijō-kaidan) Mahendra［摩呬陀］ (n.d.) (; Pali Mahinda; Mahinda) Maheshvara［摩醯首羅天］ (; Makeishura-ten) Mahinda［摩呬陀］ (Pali; Mahinda) Mahīshāsaka school［化地部・弥沙塞部］ (; Keji-bu or Mishasoku-bu) mahoraga［摩睺羅伽］ (, Pali; magoraga) maintaining-consciousness［執持識］ ( shūji-shiki) Maitreya() (1) ［弥勒菩薩］ ( Miroku-bosatsu); (2) ［弥勒］ ( Miroku) maitrī［慈］ (; Pali mettā; ji) Majjhima-nikāya［中部］ (Pali; Chū-bu) major kalpa［大劫］ ( dai-kō) major world system［三千大千世界］ ( trisāhasra-mahāsāhasraloka-dhātu; sanzen-daisen-sekai) major world system dust particle kalpas［三千塵点劫］ ( sanzen-jintengō or sanzen-jindengō) makara［摩竭］ (, Pali; makatsu) Makkhali Gosāla［末伽梨拘舎梨］ (Pali; Makkari-kushari) Malaya, Mount［摩黎山・摩羅耶山］ (; Mari-sen, Marei-sen, or Maraya-sen) Malla［末羅］ (, Pali; Matsura) Mallikā［末利］ (, Pali; Mari) māna［慢］ (, Pali; man) mandala［曼荼羅］ (; mandara) māndāra flower［曼陀羅華］ (; mandara-ke) Māndhātri［頂生王・曼陀多王］ (; Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō) mani［摩尼］ (, Pali; mani) manifested body［応身］ ( nirmāna-kāya; ōjin) manjūshaka flower［曼殊沙華］ (; manjusha-ge) Manjushrī［文殊師利菩薩・文殊菩薩］ (; Monjushiri-bosatsu or Monju-bosatsu) mano-consciousness［末那識］ ( mano-vijnāna; mana-shiki) man of pure faith［清信士］ (, Pali upāsaka; shōshin-ji) Manoratha［摩羅他・如意］ (n.d.) (; Manurata or Nyoi) Manorhita［摩奴羅］ (n.d.) (; Manura) mantra［真言］ (; shingon) many in body, one in mind［異体同心］ ( itai-dōshin) Many Treasures［多宝如来］ ( Prabhūtaratna; Tahō-nyorai) māra［魔］ (, Pali; ma) Marīchi［摩利支天］ (; Marishi-ten) markings of the thousand-spoked wheel［千輻輪相］ ( sempukurin-sō) Mātanga［摩騰迦・摩騰］ (; Matōga or Matō) Mathura［摩突羅国］ ( Mathurā; Matora-koku) matrix of the Tathāgata［如来蔵］ ( nyorai-zō) matrix of the Thus Come One［如来蔵］ ( tathāgata-garbha; nyorai-zō) Matrix of the Thus Come One Sutra［如来蔵経］ ( Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra; Chin Ju-lai-tsang-ching; Nyoraizō-kyō) Matsubagayatsu［松葉ケ谷］ Matsubagayatsu Persecution［松葉ケ谷の法難］ ( Matsubagayatsu-no-hōnan) Matsuno Rokurō Saemon［松野六郎左衛門］ (d. 1278) Maudgalyāyana［目連・目犍連］ (; Pali Moggallāna; Mokuren or Mokkenren) Māyā［摩耶］ (, Pali; Maya) Māyā Sutra［摩耶経］ (; Chin Mo-ya-ching; Maya-kyō) Meaning of the Four Teachings, The［四教義］ (Chin Ssu-chiao-i; Shikyō-gi) Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The［法華経義記・法華義記］ (Chin Fa-hua-ching-i-chi or Fa-hua-i-chi; Hokekyō-giki or Hokke-giki) Medicine King［薬王菩薩］ ( Bhaishajyarāja; Yakuō-bosatsu) “Medicine King” chapter［薬王品］ ( Yakuō-bon) Medicine Master［薬師如来］ ( Bhaishajyaguru; Yakushi-nyorai) Medicine Master Sutra［薬師経］ ( Bhaishajyaguru-vaidūryaprabharāja-sūtra; Chin Yao-shih-ching; Yakushi-kyō) Medicine Superior［薬上菩薩］ ( Bhaishajyarājasamudgata or Bhaishajyasamudgata; Yakujō-bosatsu) meditation［禅・禅定］ ( dhyāna; Pali jhāna; zen or zenjō) meditation master［禅師］ ( zenji) Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra［観無量寿経］ (Chin Kuan-wu-liang-shou-ching; Kammuryōju-kyō) Meditation on the Buddha Sutra［観仏三昧経］ ( Kambutsu-sammai-kyō) Meditation on the Correct Teaching Sutra［正法念処経］ (Chin Cheng-fa-nien-ch’u-ching; Shōbōnenjo-kyō) meditation on the five elements［五輪観］ ( gorin-kan) meditation on the vileness of the body［不浄観］ ( fujō-kan) Meditation Sutra［観経］ ( Kan-gyō) meditation to behold the Buddhas［般舟三昧］ ( pratyutpanna-samādhi; hanju-zammai) medium kalpa［中劫］ ( chū-kō) Medium-Length Āgama Sutra［中阿含経］ (Chin Chung-a-han-ching; Chū-agon-gyō) Miao-lo［妙楽］ (711–782) (PY Miaole; Myōraku) Middle Day of the Law［像法］ ( zōbō) middle path of the eight negations［八不中道］ ( happu-chūdō) Middle Way［中道］ ( madhyamā-pratipad; chūdō) Mihirakula［大族王］ (n.d.) (; Daizoku-ō) Mii-dera［三井寺］ Mikkaka［弥遮迦］ (; Mishaka) Mikuni no Taifu［三国太夫］ (d. 1258) Milinda［弥蘭陀］ (n.d.) (Pali; Miranda-ō) Milindapanha［ミリンダ王問経］ (Pali; Mirindaō-monkyō) Ming-sheng［明勝］ (n.d.) (PY Mingsheng; Myōshō) Minobu, Mount［身延山］ ( Minobu-san) Minobu Transfer Document, The［身延相承書］ ( Minobu-sōjō-sho) Mirakutsu［弥羅掘］ Miran［ミーラーン］ ( Mīrān) Miroku［弥勒］ () Misawa Kojirō［三沢小次郎］ (n.d.) Miscellaneous Āgama Sutra［雑阿含経］ (Chin Tsa-a-han-ching; Zō-agon-gyō) mitra［知識］ (; chishiki) Mogao Caves［莫高窟］ (PY; WG Mo-kao; Bakkō-kutsu) Moggallāna［目連・目犍連］ (Pali; Mokuren or Mokkenren) moha［愚癡・癡・無明］ (, Pali; guchi, chi, or mumyō) Mo-kao Caves［莫高窟］ (PY Mogao; Bakkō-kutsu) moksha［解脱］ (; gedatsu) Mongaku［文覚］ (n.d.) Monju［文殊］ () Monjushiri［文殊師利］ () moon, god of the［月天］ ( Chandra; Gatten) Moonlight［月光菩薩］ ( Chandraprabha; Gakkō-bosatsu) moon-loving meditation［月愛三昧］ ( gatsuai-zammai) Moon of Deliverance［解脱月菩薩］ ( Vimuktichandra; Gedatsugatsu-bosatsu) most honored of two-legged beings［両足尊・二足尊］ ( ryōsoku-son, ryōzoku-son, or nisoku-son) Mother of Demon Children［鬼子母神］ ( Hārītī; Kishimojin) Mountain King［山王］ ( Sannō) Mountain Order school［山門派］ ( Sammon-ha) Mountain school(1) ［山門派］ ( Sammon-ha); (2) ［山家派］ (Chin Shan-chia-p’ai; Sange-ha) Mountain Sea Wisdom Unrestricted Power King［山海慧自在通王如来］ ( Sāgara-vara-dhara-buddhi-vikrīditābhijna; Sengaie-jizaitsūō-nyorai) Mrigadāva［鹿野苑］ (; Rokuya-on) mudra［印契］ ( mudrā; ingei) Mugaku Sogen［無学祖元］ (1226–1286) (; Chin Wu-hsüeh Tsu-yüan) mukti［解脱］ (; gedatsu) Multitudinous Graceful Actions Sutra［普曜経］ ( Lalitavistara; Chin P’u-yao-ching; Fuyō-kyō) muni［聖者・聖人・牟尼］ (, Pali; seija, shōnin, or muni) Mūrdhagata［頂生王・曼陀多王］ (; Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō) mustard-seed kalpa［芥子劫］ ( keshi-kō) mutable karma［不定業］ ( fujō-gō) mutual possession of the Ten Worlds［十界互具］ ( jikkai-gogu) myō［妙］ () Myōe［明恵］ (1173–1232) Myōhō, the lay nun［妙法尼］ ( Myōhō-ama) Myoho-renge-kyo［妙法蓮華経］ () Myōichi, the lay nun［妙一尼］ ( Myōichi-ama) (1) (2) Myōichi-nyo［妙一女］ (n.d.) Myōjō Pond［明星が池］ ( Myōjō-ga-ike) Myōmitsu［妙密］ (n.d.) Myōren［妙蓮］ (d. 1267) (d. 1323) Myōshin, the lay nun［妙心尼］ (n.d.) ( Myōshin-ama) Myōun［明雲］ (1115–1183) Mystic Law［妙法］ (Chin miao-fa; myōhō) Mystic Law［妙法］ (Chin miao-fa; Jpn myōhō)