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Simple Dictionary Definition |
明 see styles |
míng ming2 ming meishuu / meshu めいしゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644. |
供養 供养 see styles |
gòng yǎng gong4 yang3 kung yang kuyou / kuyo くよう |
More info & calligraphy: Offering / Puja(noun, transitive verb) memorial service for the dead; holding a service To make offerings of whatever nourishes, e. g. food, goods, incense, lamps, scriptures, the doctrine, etc., any offering for body or mind. |
天地 see styles |
tiān dì tian1 di4 t`ien ti tien ti amachi あまち |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven and Earth(1) heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature; (2) (てんち only) land; world; realm; sphere; (3) (てんち only) top and bottom; (4) (あめつち only) gods of heaven and earth; (surname) Amachi heaven and earth |
神伝 see styles |
shinden しんでん |
More info & calligraphy: Divine Transmission |
神兵 see styles |
shinpei / shinpe しんぺい |
More info & calligraphy: Soldier of the Gods |
神明 see styles |
shén míng shen2 ming2 shen ming jinmei / jinme じんめい |
More info & calligraphy: Deities / Gods(1) deity; god; (2) (See 天照大神) Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity); (surname) Jinmei The spirits of heaven and earth, the gods; also the intelligent or spiritual nature. |
神道 see styles |
shén dào shen2 dao4 shen tao jindou / jindo じんどう |
More info & calligraphy: ShintoShinto; Shintoism; (surname) Jindō The spirit world of devas, asuras, and pretas. Psychology, or the doctrines concerning the soul. The teaching of Buddha. Shinto, the Way of the Gods, a Japanese national religion. |
因陀羅 因陀罗 see styles |
yīn tuó luó yin1 tuo2 luo2 yin t`o lo yin to lo Indara |
More info & calligraphy: IndraIndra, 因坻; 因提; 因提梨; 因達羅; 天帝; 天主帝; 帝釋天; originally a god of the atmosphere, i. e. of thunder and rain; idem Śakra; his symbol is the vajra, or thunderbolt, hence he is the 金剛手; he became 'lord of the gods of the sky', 'regent of the east quarter', 'popularly chief after Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, '(M.W.); in Buddhism he represents the secular power, and is inferior to a Buddhist saint. Cf. 忉利 and 印. |
阿修羅 阿修罗 see styles |
ā xiū luó a1 xiu1 luo2 a hsiu lo ashura あしゅら |
More info & calligraphy: Frightful Demon / Asura{Buddh} Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (female given name) Ashura asura, 修羅 originally meaning a spirit, spirits, or even the gods, it generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as 'not devas', and 'ugly', and 'without wine'. Other forms are 阿須羅 (or 阿蘇羅, or 阿素羅); 阿修倫 (or羅須倫 or 阿修輪 or 羅須輪); 阿素洛; 阿差. Four classes are named according to their manner of rebirth-egg, born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru, but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas. The 阿修羅道 is one of the six gatis, or ways of reincarnation. The 修羅場 or 修羅巷 is the battlefield of the asuras against Indra. The 阿修羅琴 are their harps. |
胙 see styles |
zuò zuo4 tso himorogi ひもろぎ |
to grant or bestow; sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old); blessing; title of a sovereign (old) (archaism) offerings of food (to the gods) |
修羅 修罗 see styles |
xiū luó xiu1 luo2 hsiu lo shura しゅら |
(Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods (1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 阿修羅) Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (2) fighting; carnage; conflict; strife; (3) sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); (4) (See 滑道) log slide; chute; flume; (female given name) Shura asura, demons who war with Indra; v. 阿修羅; it is also sura, which means a god, or deity. |
幣 币 see styles |
bì bi4 pi minematsu みねまつ |
money; coins; currency; silk (archaism) reward; present; gift; offering to the gods; (personal name) Minematsu |
柱 see styles |
zhù zhu4 chu mihashira みはしら |
pillar; CL:根[gen1] (1) pillar; post; (2) support; prop; mainstay; (suf,ctr) (3) counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.; (personal name) Mihashira Pillar, post, support. |
牲 see styles |
shēng sheng1 sheng suminori すみのり |
domestic animal; sacrificial animal (1) (archaism) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); (2) gift; (3) sacrifice; (personal name) Suminori |
社 see styles |
shè she4 she yashiro やしろ |
(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land (Shinto) shrine; (p,s,f) Yashiro Gods of the land; a village, clan, society. |
祭 see styles |
jì ji4 chi matsuri まつり |
to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (something magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival festival; feast; (surname, female given name) Matsuri Sacrifice, sacrificial. |
膰 see styles |
fán fan2 fan himorogi ひもろぎ |
cooked meat used in sacrifice (archaism) offerings of food (to the gods) |
臘 腊 see styles |
là la4 la rou / ro ろう |
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month (1) {Buddh} offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; (2) twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; (3) (See 臈) year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) Dried flesh; to sacrifice to the gods three days after the winter solstice; the end of the year; a year; a monastic year, i.e. the end of the annual summer retreat, also called 戒臘; 夏臘; 法臘. |
贄 贽 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih nie にえ |
gifts to superiors (1) (archaism) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); (2) gift; (3) sacrifice; (surname) Nie |
餽 馈 see styles |
kuì kui4 k`uei kuei |
(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 饋|馈[kui4] |
饌 馔 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan sen せん |
food; delicacies (1) (obsolete) food offering to the gods; (2) (obsolete) prepared food eating |
七有 see styles |
qī yǒu qi1 you3 ch`i yu chi yu shichiu |
七生 The seven stages of existence in a human world, or in any 欲界 desire-world. Also (1) in the hells, (2) as animals, (3) hungry ghosts, (4) gods, (5) men, (6) karma 業, and (7) in the intermediate stage. |
三神 see styles |
mitsugami みつがみ |
(1) {Shinto} the three gods of creation; (2) five-grain guardian gods; (surname) Mitsugami |
上る see styles |
agaru あがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to ascend; to go up; to climb; (2) to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; (3) to go to (the capital); (4) to be promoted; (5) to add up to; (6) to advance (in price); (7) to swim up (a river); to sail up; (8) to come up (on the agenda); (irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be spoken loudly; (16) to get stage fright; (17) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (18) (humble language) to go; to visit; (19) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (20) to be listed (as a candidate); (21) to serve (in one's master's home); (22) to go north; (suf,v5r) (23) indicates completion; (place-name) Agaru |
上供 see styles |
shàng gòng shang4 gong4 shang kung jōgu |
to make offerings (to gods or ancestors); to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor To offer up an offering to Buddha, or to ancestors. |
下方 see styles |
xià fāng xia4 fang1 hsia fang shimogata しもがた |
underneath; below; the underside; world of mortals; to descend to the world of mortals (of gods) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 上方・じょうほう) lower region; lower part; region below; (place-name) Shimogata |
下界 see styles |
xià jiè xia4 jie4 hsia chieh gekai げかい |
lower bound (math.); world of mortals; (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals (1) the earth below; the ground below; (2) {Buddh} this world (as opposed to heaven) The lower, or human world 人界. |
不拜 see styles |
bù bài bu4 bai4 pu pai fuhai |
Lay Buddhists may not pay homage to the gods or demons of other religions; monks and nuns may not pay homage to kings or parents. |
二業 二业 see styles |
èr yè er4 ye4 erh yeh nigyou / nigyo にぎょう |
(archaism) restaurants and geisha establishments Two classes of karma. (1) (a) 引業 leads to the 總報, i.e. the award as to the species into which one is to be born, e.g. men, gods, etc.; (6) 滿業 is the 別報 or fulfillment in detail, i.e. the kind or quality of being e.g. clever or stupid, happy or unhappy, etc. (2) (a) 善業 and (b) 惡業 Good and evil karma, resulting in happiness or misery. (3) (a) 助業 Aids to the karma of being reborn in Amitābha's Pure—land e. g. offerings, chantings, etc.; (b) 正業 thought and invocation of Amitābha with undivided mind, as the direct method. |
二神 see styles |
futogami ふとがみ |
(1) (See 伊邪那岐,伊邪那美) pair of gods (esp. Izanagi and Izanami); two gods; (2) yin and yang; (surname) Futogami |
二福 see styles |
èr fú er4 fu2 erh fu nifuku |
The bliss of the gods, and the bliss of the saints 聖; v. also 福. |
五乘 see styles |
wǔ shèng wu3 sheng4 wu sheng gojō |
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'. |
人天 see styles |
rén tiān ren2 tian1 jen t`ien jen tien ninden; jinten; ninten にんでん; じんてん; にんてん |
{Buddh} earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings Men and devas. |
仏神 see styles |
busshin; butsujin ぶっしん; ぶつじん |
(See 神仏・1) Buddha and gods |
休屠 see styles |
xiū tú xiu1 tu2 hsiu t`u hsiu tu kyūto |
Lit. 'Desist from butchering, 'said to be the earliest Han term for 浮屠, 佛圖, etc., Buddha. The 漢武故事 says that the King of Vaiśālī 毘邪 killed King 體屠 (or the non-butchering kings), took his golden gods, over 10 feet in height, and put them in the 甘泉宮 Sweet-spring palace; they required no sacrifices of bulls or rams, but only worship of incense, so the king ordered that they should be served after their national method. |
供す see styles |
kyousu / kyosu きょうす |
(v5s,vs-c,vt) (1) (See 供する・1) to offer; to present; to submit; to supply; to make available; (v5s,vs-c,vt) (2) to serve (food and drink); (v5s,vs-c,vt) (3) to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar) |
供物 see styles |
gòng wù gong4 wu4 kung wu kumotsu くもつ |
offering offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering offerings |
冥護 冥护 see styles |
míng hù ming2 hu4 ming hu myougo; meigo / myogo; mego みょうご; めいご |
secret aid by the gods unseen aid |
切幣 see styles |
kirinusa きりぬさ |
(archaism) thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) |
切麻 see styles |
kirinusa きりぬさ |
(archaism) thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) |
初穂 see styles |
hatsuho はつほ |
(1) first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; (2) offering (to the gods); (surname, female given name) Hatsuho |
初穗 see styles |
hatsuho はつほ hatsuo はつお |
(1) first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; (2) offering (to the gods) |
功徳 see styles |
koutoku / kotoku こうとく |
(1) {Buddh} merit; virtuous deed; act of merit; act of charity; (2) {Buddh} divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing; (3) {Christn} merit; meritum; (personal name) Kōtoku |
參詣 参诣 see styles |
sān yì san1 yi4 san i sankei |
To approach the gods or Buddhas in worship. |
告文 see styles |
koumon; kokubun / komon; kokubun こうもん; こくぶん |
written report to the gods; imperial edict; written appeal to a superior |
四塔 see styles |
sì tǎ si4 ta3 ssu t`a ssu ta shitō |
The four stūpas at the places of Buddha's birth, Kapilavastu; enlightenment, Magadha: preaching, Benares; and parinirvāṇa, Kuśinagara. Four more are located in the heavens of the Travastriṃśas gods, one each tor his hair, nails, begging bowl, and teeth, E., S., W., N., respectively. |
四獣 see styles |
shijuu / shiju しじゅう |
(1) four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear); (2) (See 四神) four gods said to rule over the four directions |
四神 see styles |
shijin しじん |
(See 青竜・2,白虎・1,朱雀・1,玄武・1) four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons |
地祇 see styles |
dì qí di4 qi2 ti ch`i ti chi jigi ちぎ |
earth spirit gods of the land; earthly deities earth deity |
地神 see styles |
dì shén di4 shen2 ti shen jigami ぢがみ |
gods of the land; earthly deities; (surname) Jigami The earth devī, Pṛthivī also styled 堅牢 firm and secure; cf. 地天. |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
大歳 see styles |
daisai だいさい |
(1) Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi; (2) (archaism) Jupiter (planet); (1) (archaism) New Year's Eve; December 31st; (2) (archaism) Jupiter (planet); (surname) Daisai |
大陰 see styles |
ookage おおかげ |
(See 八将神) Daion; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar; (surname) Ookage |
天口 see styles |
tiān kǒu tian1 kou3 t`ien k`ou tien kou amaguchi あまぐち |
(surname) Amaguchi The mouth of Brahma, or the gods, a synonym for fire, as that element devours the offerings; to this the 護摩 homa, or fire altar cult is attributed, fire becoming the object of worship for good fortune. Fire is also said to speak for or tell the will of the gods. |
天子 see styles |
tiān zǐ tian1 zi3 t`ien tzu tien tzu yoshiko よしこ |
the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) (1) emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); (2) heavenly being; celestial being; (female given name) Yoshiko A son of Heaven. The Emperor-Princes, i. e. those who in previous incarnations have kept the middle and lower grades of the ten good qualities 十善 and, in consequence, are born here as princes. It is the title of one of the four mara, who is 天主 or lord of the sixth heaven of desire; he is also known as 天子魔 (天子業魔) and with his following opposes the Buddha-truth. |
天宮 天宫 see styles |
tiān gōng tian1 gong1 t`ien kung tien kung amemiya あめみや |
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program Tiangong (Chinese space program); (surname) Amemiya devapura; devaloka; the palace of devas, the abode of the gods, i. e. the six celestial worlds situated above the Meru, between the earth and the Brahmalokas. v. 六天. |
天帝 see styles |
tiān dì tian1 di4 t`ien ti tien ti tentei / tente てんてい |
God of heaven; Celestial emperor (1) Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); (2) {Christn} God; (3) {Buddh} (See 帝釈天・たいしゃくてん) Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra King, or emperor of Heaven, i. e. 因陀羅 Indra, i. e. 釋 (釋迦); 釋迦婆; 帝 (帝釋); Śakra, king of the devaloka 忉利天, one of the ancient gods of India, the god of the sky who fights the demons with his vajra, or thunderbolt. He is inferior to the trimūrti, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, having taken the place of Varuṇa, or sky. Buddhism adopted him as its defender, though, like all the gods, he is considered inferior to a Buddha or any who have attained bodhi. His wife is Indrāṇī. |
天心 see styles |
tiān xīn tian1 xin1 t`ien hsin tien hsin tenshin てんしん |
center of the sky; will of heaven; will of the Gods; the monarch's will (1) zenith; (2) divine will; providence; (given name) Tenshin mind of heaven |
天愛 天爱 see styles |
tiān ài tian1 ai4 t`ien ai tien ai tena てんあ |
(female given name) Ten'a devānāṃpriya. 'Beloved of the gods, 'i. e. natural fools, simpletons, or the ignorant. |
天神 see styles |
tiān shén tian1 shen2 t`ien shen tien shen tenjin てんじん |
god; deity (1) (also pronounced てんしん) heavenly god; heavenly gods; (2) spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; (3) (See 天満宮) Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); (4) (colloquialism) (See 梅干し) pit of a dried plum; dried plum; (5) (abbreviation) (See 天神髷) tenjin hairstyle; (6) prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); (7) (See 転軫) tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen); (place-name, surname) Tenjin deva 提婆 or devatā 泥縛多. (1) Brahma and the gods in general, including the inhabitants of the devalokas, all subject to metem-psychosis. (2) The fifteenth patriarch, a native of South India, or Ceylon and disciple of Nāgārjuna; he is also styled Devabodhisattva 提婆菩薩, Āryadeva 聖天, and Nilanetra 靑目 blue-eyed, or 分別明 clear discriminator. He was the author of nine works and a famous antagonist of Brahmanism. |
天童 see styles |
tiān tóng tian1 tong2 t`ien t`ung tien tung tendou / tendo てんどう |
cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs; (place-name, surname) Tendou Divine youths, i. e. deva guardians of the Buddha-law who appear as Mercuries, or youthful messengers of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. |
天親 天亲 see styles |
tiān qīn tian1 qin1 t`ien ch`in tien chin amachika あまちか |
one's flesh and blood (surname) Amachika Vasubandhu, 伐蘇畔度; 婆藪槃豆 (or 婆修槃豆) (or 婆修槃陀) 'akin to the gods ', or 世親 'akin to the world'. Vasubandhu is described as a native of Puruṣapura, or Peshawar, by Eitel as of Rājagriha, born '900 years after the nirvana', or about A. D. 400; Takakusu suggests 420-500, Peri puts his death not later than 350. In Eitel's day the date of his death was put definitely at A. D. 117. Vasubandhu's great work, the Abhidharmakośa, is only one of his thirty-six works. He is said to be the younger brother of Asaṅga of the Yogācāra school, by whom he was converted from the Sarvāstivāda school of thought to that of Mahāyāna and of Nāgārjuna. On his conversion he would have 'cut out his tongue' for its past heresy, but was dissuaded by his brother, who bade him use the same tongue to correct his errors, whereupon he wrote the 唯識論 and other Mahayanist works. He is called the twenty-first patriarch and died in Ayodhya. |
天道 see styles |
tiān dào tian1 dao4 t`ien tao tien tao tendou / tendo てんどう |
natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect) (1) (てんとう only) the sun; (2) god of heaven and the earth; (3) laws governing the heavens; (4) {astron} celestial path; celestial motion; (5) {Buddh} (See 六道) deva realm (svarga); (surname, given name) Tendō deva-gati, or devasopāna, 天趣. (1) The highest of the six paths 六道, the realm of devas, i. e. the eighteen heavens of form and four of formlessness. A place of enjoyment, where the meritorious enjoy the fruits of good karma, but not a place of progress toward bodhisattva perfection. (2) The Dao of Heaven, natural law, cosmic energy; according to the Daoists, the origin and law of all things. |
天食 see styles |
tiān shí tian1 shi2 t`ien shih tien shih tenjiki |
sudhā, food of the gods sweet dew, ambrosia, nectar; blue, yellow, red, and white in colour, white for the higher ranks, the other colours for the lower. |
天鬼 see styles |
tiān guǐ tian1 gui3 t`ien kuei tien kuei amaki あまき |
(surname) Amaki Gods and demons; gati, or reincarnation, among devas and demons. |
太歳 see styles |
dasai ださい |
(1) Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi; (2) (archaism) Jupiter (planet); (surname) Dasai |
威神 see styles |
wēi shén wei1 shen2 wei shen ijin |
The awe-inspiring gods, or spirits. |
宝船 see styles |
housen / hosen ほうせん |
(1) treasure ship; (2) picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune; (surname) Housen |
小幣 see styles |
konusa こぬさ |
(1) (archaism) small purification wand; (2) thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) |
小麻 see styles |
konusa こぬさ |
(1) (archaism) small purification wand; (2) thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) |
尸利 see styles |
shī lì shi1 li4 shih li shiri |
Sri. 師利; 室利; 室離; 室哩; 修利; 昔哩; 悉利 (1) Fortune, prosperity; high rank, success, good fortune, virtues, these four are named as its connotation. (2) The wife of Viṣṇu. (3) An honorifc prefix or affix to names of gods, great men, and books. (4) An exclamation at the head of liturgies. (5) An abbreviation for Mañjuśrī. |
幽契 see styles |
yuukei / yuke ゆうけい |
secret promise made to the gods |
形色 see styles |
xíng sè xing2 se4 hsing se gyō shiki |
shape and color; appearance; facial expression saṃsthānarūpa, the characteristics of form— long, short, square, round, high, low, straight, crooked. It is also associated with rūpāvacara as personal appearance, and as a class of gods in the realm of form. |
御先 see styles |
misaki みさき onsaki おんさき osaki おさき |
(1) (archaism) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; (2) animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox); (archaism) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; going before; the future |
御技 see styles |
miwaza みわざ |
(archaism) (honorific or respectful language) the works (of the gods) |
御業 see styles |
miwaza みわざ |
(archaism) (honorific or respectful language) the works (of the gods) |
御酒 see styles |
yù jiǔ yu4 jiu3 yü chiu miki みき |
imperial wine; sacred wine (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; (polite language) alcohol; sake; (personal name) Miki |
念天 see styles |
niàn tiān nian4 tian1 nien t`ien nien tien nenten |
One of the six devalokas, that of recollection and desire. |
恩賚 see styles |
mitamanofuyu みたまのふゆ |
(archaism) (honorific or respectful language) divine grace; divine protection; boon from the gods (or the emperor, etc.) |
恩頼 see styles |
mitamanofuyu みたまのふゆ |
(archaism) (honorific or respectful language) divine grace; divine protection; boon from the gods (or the emperor, etc.) |
惟神 see styles |
kannagara かんながら kamunagara かむながら kaminagara かみながら |
(adv,adj-no) (1) as a god; (2) as was done in the age of the gods |
惣社 see styles |
souja / soja そうじゃ |
shrine enshrining several gods; (place-name) Souja |
提婆 see styles |
tí pó ti2 po2 t`i p`o ti po daiba だいば |
(rare) {Buddh} deva (being with god-like characteristics); (person) Aryadeva; (person) Devadatta (cousin of Gautama Buddha) deva. Explained by 天 celestial; also by 梵天人 inhabitants of the brahmalokas, or by 天神 celestial spirits. General designation of the gods of Brahmanism, and of all the inhabitants of devalokas who are subject to metempsychosis. Also 提波; 提和; 提桓. Used also for Devadatta, infra. |
明冥 see styles |
míng míng ming2 ming2 ming ming myōmyō |
The (powers of) light and darkness, the devas and Yama, gods and demons, also the visible and invisible. |
明神 see styles |
míng shén ming2 shen2 ming shen meijin / mejin めいじん |
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god; (surname) Meijin The bright spirits, i. e. devas, gods, demons. |
普渡 see styles |
pǔ dù pu3 du4 p`u tu pu tu futo |
(Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering; (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors (abbr. for 中元普渡[zhong1 yuan2 pu3 du4]) Universally to ferry across. |
歳刑 see styles |
saikyou / saikyo さいきょう |
(See 八将神) Saikyō; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar |
歳殺 see styles |
saisetsu さいせつ |
(See 八将神) Saisetsu; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar |
歳破 see styles |
saiha さいは |
(See 八将神) Saiha; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar |
清酌 see styles |
qīng zhuó qing1 zhuo2 ch`ing cho ching cho |
wine offered to gods in worship |
火神 see styles |
huǒ shén huo3 shen2 huo shen honoka ほのか |
god of fire (female given name) Honoka The gods of fire, stated as numbering forty-four in the Vedic pantheon, with Mahābrahmā as the first; of these the Vairocana sutra takes twelve, i. e. 大因陀羅; 行滿; 摩嚕多; 盧醯多; 沒口栗拏; 忿怒; 闍吒羅; 吃灑耶; 意生; 羯攞微; (11th unknown); 謨賀那. Cf. 火尊; 火天. |
火祭 see styles |
huǒ jì huo3 ji4 huo chi kasai ひまつり |
(1) fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); (2) New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; (3) festival involving fire dedicated to the gods homa |
照覧 see styles |
shouran / shoran しょうらん |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (form) seeing clearly; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (form) (oft. as ~あれ) (gods or Buddha) bearing witness (of) |
牛皮 see styles |
niú pí niu2 pi2 niu p`i niu pi gohi ぎゅうひ |
cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk cowhide; oxhide ox hide— mortal happiness injures the wisdom-life of gods and men, just as ox hide shrinks and crushes a man who is wrapped in it and placed under the hot sun. |
献茶 see styles |
kencha けんちゃ |
(n,vs,vi) tea offering to the gods |
献饌 see styles |
kensen けんせん |
food offering to the gods |
玄黄 see styles |
genkou / genko げんこう |
(rare) black and yellow silk (offered to gods); heaven and earth |
甘露 see styles |
gān lòu gan1 lou4 kan lou kanro かんろ |
(1) nectar; sweetness; (2) honeydew; (surname, female given name) Kanro 阿密哩多 (or 啞密哩多) (or 啞密哩達) amṛta, sweet dew, ambrosia, the nectar of immortality; tr. by 天酒 deva-wine, the nectar of the gods. Four kinds of ambrosia are mentioned— green, yellow, red, and white, all coming from 'edible trees' and known as 蘇陀 sudhā, or 蘇摩 soma. |
生贄 see styles |
ikenie いけにえ |
(1) sacrifice (to the gods); (2) victim; scapegoat |
疫鬼 see styles |
ekiki えきき |
gods or demons that cause epidemics |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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