Words — 5 found
かんじょう
灌頂
1. baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahoodBuddhism
2. baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)Buddhism
3. pouring water onto a gravestoneBuddhism
4. teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
灌頂 【かんちょう】
1. kabbalah (Jewish mystic tradition); qabalah; cabalaFrom Hebrew “ḳabbālāh”
2. Kabala (Siera Leone); Kavala (Greece); Kavalla; Cavara