不空成就如来

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Chinese

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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

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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

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ːʑo̞ːʑɨ ɲ̟o̞ɾa̠i]

Proper noun

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()(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

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

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Further reading

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References

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  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