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荼吉尼天

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Basic Meaning: Ḍākinī

Senses:

  • See 荼吉尼. Also transliterated as 荼枳尼, 吒吉尼, and 拏吉儞. A yakṣa 夜叉 that is able to predict a personʼs death half a year in advance and will eat his or her heart. In Japan, Ḍākinī is conflated with the Japanese Shintō god Inari 稻荷. 〔大日經疏〕 [Stefan Grace; source(s): Iwanami, Yokoi, ZGDJT]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 821a

    Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 549

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 87

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    Entry created: 2017-08-30

    Updated: 2022-04-17