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 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)