加か持じ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

prayer for healing/protection; incantation; faith healing

General term for ritual prayers or incantations aimed at warding off misfortune, illness, or evil spirits. Often associated with esoteric Buddhist practices but used more broadly.

• 加か持じ祈き祷とうによって病びょう気きが治なおると信しんじられていた。

  It was believed that illness could be cured through incantations and prayers.

• 僧そう侶りょが加か持じを行おこなう。

  A monk performs a prayer ritual.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

adhisthana; blessing of a buddha or bodhisattva

Strictly Buddhist technical term: the spiritual empowerment or blessing transmitted from a buddha or bodhisattva to a practitioner. Often used in esoteric Buddhist contexts.

• 密みっ教きょうでは、加か持じは仏ぶつの加か護ごを意い味みする。

  In esoteric Buddhism, kaji means the divine protection of a buddha.