伝でん法ぼう灌かん頂じょう

noun

consecration ritual for conferring Acharya status

In esoteric Buddhism (Shingon, Tendai), a formal abhiṣeka ceremony that authorizes a practitioner as an ācārya (阿闍梨), a qualified teacher. Highly technical and domain-specific.

See also: 阿闍梨

• 伝でん法ぼう灌かん頂じょうを受うけた僧そうだけが、密みっ教きょうの奥おう義ぎを伝でん授じゅできる。

  Only monks who have undergone the denbō kanjō ritual can transmit the secret teachings of esoteric Buddhism.