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胎蔵曼荼羅 (taizoumandara) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

胎たい蔵ぞう曼まん荼だ羅ら

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Meanings

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Womb Realm Mandala; Garbhadhatu Mandala

Buddhist term referring to the mandala of the Womb Realm (Garbhadhatu), one of the two principal mandalas in Shingon Buddhism. Also known as 胎蔵界曼荼羅.

See also: 胎蔵界曼荼羅

胎たい蔵ぞう曼まん荼だ羅らは密みっ教きょうの重じゅう要ような図ず像ぞうである。

The Womb Realm Mandala is an important iconographic representation in Esoteric Buddhism.

Kanji

胎womb, uterus
蔵storehouse, hide, own
曼wide, beautiful
荼a weed
羅gauze, thin silk, Rome

Related words

胎たい蔵ぞう界かい曼まん荼だ羅ら
Synonym; 胎蔵界曼荼羅 is the fuller term, while 胎蔵曼荼羅 is a shorter variant.
金こん剛ごう界かい曼まん荼だ羅ら
The Diamond Realm Mandala, the other principal mandala in Shingon Buddhism, often paired with the Womb Realm Mandala.

Etymology

From 胎蔵 (womb store, a translation of Sanskrit garbha) + 曼荼羅 (mandala). The term is a direct Buddhist technical term with no further decomposition in common use.