不空成就如来

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 不空成就如來 (“Amoghasiddhi”).
(This term is the simplified form of 不空成就如來).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
くう
Grade: 1
じょう
Grade: 4
じゅ
Grade: 6
にょ
Grade: S
らい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
不空成就如來 (kyūjitai)
不空成就如来: a Tibetan statue of Amoghasiddhi.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 不空成就如來 (pjuw khuwng dzyeng dzjuwH njo loj). Compare modern Mandarin 不空成就佛 (bùkōng chéngjiù fō), exchanging 如來如来 (rúlái) for roughly synonymous ().

The Middle Chinese term itself is a compound of 不空成就 + 如來 (ȵɨʌ lʌi):

Pronunciation

Proper noun

()(くう)(じょう)(じゅ)(にょ)(らい) (Fukūjōju Nyorai

  1. (religion, Buddhism) Fukūjōju Nyorai: the Buddha of the North, called Amoghasiddhi; the embodiment of the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and the overcoming of envy, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas, and an important entity in Shingon Buddhism

Coordinate terms

The 五智如来 (Go Chi Nyorai, Five Dhyani Buddhas) and associated directions:

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN