阿毘羅吽欠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	毘	羅	吽	欠
あ Jinmeiyō	び Jinmeiyō	ら Grade: S	うん Hyōgaiji	けん Grade: 4
goon			kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit अ वि रहूम्खम् (avirahūmkham).[1]

Phrase

阿毘羅吽欠 (hiragana あびらうんけん, rōmaji a-bi-ra-un-ken)

(Buddhism) a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ: a mantra or incantation directed to 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahavairocana”), the five syllables representing the five elements in Japanese philosophy

Derived terms

阿毘羅吽欠 (あびらうんけん)蘇 (そ)婆 (わ)訶 (か) (a-bi-ra-un-ken sowaka, “a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ svāhā”)
唵阿毘羅吽欠 (おんあびらうんけん) (on a-bi-ra-un-ken, “oṃ a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ”)

See also

地 (ち)水 (すい)火 (か)風空 (ふうくう) (chi-sui-ka-fū-kū)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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