List: Buddhism

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period

historical term  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• kōshin-machi, staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms that were said to inhabit the human gut from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods; a tradition that began among nobility in the Heian period and became widespread during the Edo period

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• Jambudvipa, continent of the terrestrial world

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• observing the precepts (of Buddhism)

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• monk (esp. one who maintains his purity)

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• Uho Doji (divine rain-making boy)

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• the thirty guardian deities (one for each day of the lunar month)

honorific language  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• isolated place, hermitage

noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism 

• nature, disposition, temperament, character
• quality
• that which does not change according to external influences