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金剛夜叉

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Basic Meaning: Vajrayakṣa

Senses:

  • One of the five guardian kings 大明王, the fierce guardian of the north in the region of Amoghasiddhi, or Śākyamuni, also styled the bodhisattva with the fangs. Also transliterated as 金剛藥叉. An angry-looking god with three faces and six arms or a face and four arms. He is said to be an angry form of Amoghasiddhi-tathāgata, who is one of the five-wisdom Buddhas 五佛 in the vajradhātu 金剛界, or an incarnation of Śākyamuni. 〔佛頂尊勝心破地獄轉業障出三界祕密三身佛果三種悉地眞言儀軌 T 906.18.914c15〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 323

    Bulgyo sajeon 99a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 290

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 181b/201

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 421d

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ③521a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 494-3

    Soothill 281

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    Entry created: 2002-06-27

    Updated: 2010-09-05