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大日経 (だいにちきょう, dainichikyou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大だい日にち経きょう

Meanings

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Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra

abbreviationBuddhism›

Abbreviation of 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経. A central text in Esoteric Buddhism (Shingon).

See also: 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 (だいびるしゃなじょうぶつじんべんかじきょう)

大だい日にち経きょうは真しん言ごん宗しゅうの根こん本ぽん経きょう典てんの一ひとつです。
The Mahavairocana Sutra is one of the fundamental scriptures of the Shingon sect.

Kanji

大large, big
日day, sun, Japan
経sutra, longitude, pass thru

Related words

大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経だいびるしゃなじょうぶつじんべんかじきょう
Full formal title of the sutra; 大日経 is the common abbreviation.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 (Mahāvairocana-sūtra). 大日 (Dainichi) refers to Mahāvairocana, the central Buddha in Esoteric Buddhism, and 経 means 'sutra'.