阿閦如来
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See also: 阿閦如來
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 阿 | 閦 | 如 | 来 |
| あ Jinmeiyō |
しゅく Hyōgaiji |
にょ Grade: S |
らい Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | goon | on’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 阿閦如來 (kyūjitai) 阿しゅく如来 |
Etymology[edit]
From 阿閦 (Ashuku, “Akṣobhya”) + 如来 (nyorai, “tathāgata”, literally “thus going”).
Proper noun[edit]
阿閦如来 • (Ashuku Nyorai)
- (Shingon Buddhism) Akṣobhya as the Eastern Buddha and one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas
Coordinate terms[edit]
The 五智如来 (Go Chi Nyorai, “Five Dhyani Buddhas”) and associated directions:
- 阿弥陀如来 (Amida Nyorai, “Amitābha”, west)
- 阿閦如来 (Ashuku Nyorai, “Akṣobhya”, east)
- 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahāvairocana”, center)
- 不空成就如来 (Fukūjōju Nyorai, “Amoghasiddhi”, north)
- 宝生如来 (Hōshō Nyorai, “Ratnasambhava”, south)
Descendants[edit]
- English: Ashuku Nyorai
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 阿 read as あ
- Japanese terms spelled with 閦
- Japanese terms spelled with 如 read as にょ
- Japanese terms spelled with 来 read as らい
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters
- ja:Buddhism
- ja:Buddhas