Words — 35 found
1. vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine
2. thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
こんごうりきし
金剛力士
1. Deva king (guardian god at a temple gate, holding a vajra); VajrapaniBuddhism, See also 金剛杵 こんごうしょ
とっこ
独鈷
1. single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist ritualsBuddhism
2. cloth of a tokko pattern
3. Tokko
独鈷 【どっこ】、独古 【とっこ】、独古 【どっこ】、独股 【とっこ】、独股 【どっこ】
こうしんまち
庚申待
1. kōshin-machi; staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms that were said to inhabit the human gut from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods; a tradition that began among nobility in the Heian period and became widespread during the Edo periodBuddhism, Historical term, See also 三尸
庚申待ち 【こうしんまち】
こんごうばん
金剛盤
1. kongoban; ritual tray on which a vajra bell and three kinds of vajra pestles are placedBuddhism
ふほうはっそ
付法の八祖
1. the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)Buddhism, See also 伝持の八祖
ひぎょうさんこ
飛行の三鈷
1. three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric BuddhismBuddhism
でんじはっそ
伝持の八祖
1. the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)Buddhism, See also 付法の八祖