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南無

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Basic Meaning: namaḥ

Senses:

  • (Skt. namas; Pāli namo) To take refuge in; submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc. especially as in namaḥ Amitâbha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure Land school, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitâbhaʼs power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨, 那模, 那麻, 納莫, 納慕; 娜母; 曩莫, 曩謨, 捺麻, 捺謨, etc. 〔長阿含經 T 1.1.34a11〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 797

    Bulgyo sajeon 112a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 966c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 624

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 209b/233

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 487

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 173

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1029d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3746

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0220

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3997b,539b, (v.9-10)1193a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1299-1, 1300-1

    Soothill 298

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    Entry created: 2002-07-05

    Updated: 2010-04-01