灌頂
灌頂 漢字 Kanji:
灌頂
灌頂 仮名 Kana:
かんじょう
灌頂 英語 English 意味:
- (n) (1) (Buddh) baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood
- (2) (Buddh) baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)
- (3) (Buddh) pouring water onto a gravestone
- (4) teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)