宿すく曜よう経きょう

also: しゅくようきょう · すくようぎょう

Meanings

Xiuyaojing; Sutra of Lunar Mansions and Planets

An 8th-century Buddhist astrological text translated by Amoghavajra, combining Indian and Chinese astrological systems. Used in Japanese esoteric Buddhism (Mikkyō) for calendar-making and divination.

宿すく曜よう経きょうは、空くう海かいが日本にほんに伝つたえた密みっ教きょう占せん星せい術じゅつの基き礎そとなった。
The Xiuyaojing became the foundation of the esoteric Buddhist astrology that Kūkai brought to Japan.
宿すく曜よう経きょうには、二に十じゅう七しち宿しゅくや七しち曜ようの吉きっ凶きょうが記しるされている。
The Xiuyaojing records the auspiciousness of the twenty-seven lunar mansions and the seven luminaries.

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Kanji

宿inn, lodging, relay station
曜weekday
経sutra, longitude, pass thru

Related words

宿すく曜よう道どう
Refers to the Japanese astrological tradition based on the 宿曜経, rather than the text itself.
密みっ教きょう
Esoteric Buddhism; the broader religious context in which 宿曜経 was studied and applied.

Written forms

宿曜経
- すくようきょう
  Standard kanji form for this Buddhist astrological text.
- しゅくようきょう
  Alternate reading; less common than すくようきょう.
- すくようぎょう
  Alternate reading with rendaku; less common.
すくようぎょう
しゅくようきょう

Etymology

From Chinese 宿曜經 (Xiùyào jīng), itself a translation of the Sanskrit title of the Indian astrological work compiled by Amoghavajra in the 8th century. The Japanese readings are Sino-Japanese.