阿あ閦しゅく仏ぶつ

Meanings

Akshobhya Buddha

Akshobhya is the 'Immovable Buddha' in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, associated with the eastern pure land Abhirati. This is a technical Buddhist term.

阿あ閦しゅく仏ぶつは東とう方ほうの妙みょう喜き世せ界かいの教きょう主しゅとされる。
Akshobhya Buddha is regarded as the lord of the eastern pure land Abhirati.
密みっ教きょうでは阿あ閦しゅく仏ぶつが金こん剛ごう界かい五ご仏ぶつの一いっ尊そんとして信しん仰こうされる。
In esoteric Buddhism, Akshobhya is venerated as one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajradhatu.

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Kanji

阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon
仏Buddha, the dead, France
閦crowd, transliteration of Sanskrit "kSo"

Related words

阿あ弥み陀だ仏ぶつ
Amitabha Buddha, the central figure of Pure Land Buddhism, associated with the western pure land Sukhavati, in contrast to Akshobhya's eastern pure land.
大だい日にち如にょ来らい
Vairocana, the central Buddha in esoteric Buddhism, while Akshobhya is one of the directional Buddhas in the Vajradhatu mandala.

Written forms

阿あ閦しゅく仏ぶつ
Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term.
阿あしゅく仏ぶつ
Variant spelling with しゅく in kana; may be used when the second kanji is unavailable or for readability.

Etymology

From Sanskrit Akṣobhya, meaning 'immovable', via Chinese 阿閦佛 (Āchùfó). The Japanese reading あしゅくぶつ reflects the Chinese approximation of the Sanskrit name.