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Hōshō Nyorai

Hōshō Nyorai proper noun: the Japanese name for the Southern Buddha, Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.

Proper noun

Hōshō Nyorai

  1. (Japanese) The Japanese name for the Southern Buddha, Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
    • As we face Dainichi, the Buddha seated at our near left is Hōshō Nyorai, the Buddha of the South.2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 127
    • The Hōshō Nyorai sculpture sits on a lotus base, which rests on the back of several seated, winged horses. The deity's left hand grasps the edge of the robe, the left rests on the knee, palm facing upward in the wish-granting mudra.2010, Hillary Pedersen, The Five Great Space Repository Bodhisattvas (dissertation), University of Kansas, page 208

Forms of Hōshō Nyorai

alternative formHosho Nyorai

Origin of Hōshō Nyorai

From Japanese 宝生如来 (Hōshō Nyorai).

Questions about Hōshō Nyorai

What does Hōshō Nyorai mean?
Hōshō Nyorai means the Japanese name for the Southern Buddha, Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
What part of speech is Hōshō Nyorai?
Hōshō Nyorai is a proper noun.

Words near Hōshō Nyorai in the dictionary

  1. Hălmagiu
  2. Hălmăgel
  3. Hănești
  4. Hănțești
  5. Hășmaș
  6. Hōshō Nyorai
  7. Hœnir
  8. Hűvösvölgy
  9. Hưng Yên
  10. Hǫðr
  11. hən'q'əmin'əm'

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