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• mantra - Buddhism term
• Shingon sect (of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 真言宗

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• annual Shingon prayer ritual (Jan. 8-14)

noun:

• Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

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• Shingon Shinto; any branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings ➜ 両部神道

noun:

• Shingi Shingon ("New Shingon" school of Buddhism) ➜ 古義真言宗

noun:

• Kogi Shingon ("Old Shingon" school of Buddhism) ➜ 新義真言宗

noun:

• esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect - Buddhism term ➜ 台密【たいみつ】

noun:

• hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)

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• twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect)

noun:

• Omuro (sect of Shingon Buddhism)

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• Unden Shinto (branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings)

noun:

• four types of mandala (in Shingon) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅

noun:

• Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
• sun - archaism

noun:

• Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 日天子
• sun - archaism

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• Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
• moon - archaism

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• Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 月天子
• moon - archaism

noun:

• four types of mandala (in Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 大曼荼羅【だいまんだら】・三昧耶曼荼羅【さんまやまんだら】・法曼荼羅【ほうまんだら】・羯磨曼荼羅【かつままんだら】

noun:

• great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.) - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

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• dharma mandala (in Shingon); mandala were each deity is represented by its seed syllable in Sanskrit - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

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• Chisan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism); Chizan sect

noun:

• Buzan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism)

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• the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period ➜ 南都六宗

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• preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) ［おしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) ［かしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) ［わじょう］ - usu. 和上 - honorific language
• second highest priestly rank in Buddhism ➜ 法眼
• monk (esp. the head monk of a temple) ［おしょう・かしょう］
• master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

noun:

• high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest - abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya" - honorific language - Buddhism term
• initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂
• monk who conducts religious services - Buddhism term

noun:

• Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

noun:

• Shingon Shinto; any branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings ➜ 両部神道