光明真言

See also: 光明眞言

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	明	真	言
こう Grade: 2	みょう Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3	ごん Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
光明眞言 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 光明 (kōmyō, “light”) +‎ 真言 (shingon, “mantra”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーみょーし​んごん [kòómyóó shíꜜǹgòǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːmʲo̞ː ɕĩŋɡõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

光(こう)明(みょう)真(しん)言(ごん) • (Kōmyō Shingon) ^{←くわうみやうしんごん (kwaumyausingon)?}

1. (Buddhism) an esoteric Buddhist mantra directed to 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahāvairocana tathāgata”)

   唵(オン)阿謨(アボ)伽(キャ)尾(ベイ)盧(ロ)左(シャ)曩(ノウ)摩訶(マカ)母捺囉(ボダラ)麽抳(マニ)鉢(ハン)納麽(ドマ)入(ジン)嚩攞(バラ)鉢囉(ハラ)韈(バリ)哆野(タヤ)吽(ウン)

   on abokya beiroshanō makabodara mani handoma jinbara harabaritaya un

   oṃ amogha vairocana mahāmudra maṇi padma jvāla pravarttaya hūṃ

See also

• 土(ど)砂(しゃ)加(か)持(じ) (dosha kaji)
• 唵(おん)阿(あ)毘(び)羅(ら)吽(うん)欠(けん) (on a-bi-ra-un-ken)