大日如来

See also: 大日如來

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 大日如来 – see 大日如來 (“Vairocana”).
(This term, 大日如来, is the simplified form of 大日如來.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 日 如 来
だい
Grade: 1		 にち
Grade: 1		 にょ
Grade: S		 らい
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
大日如來 (kyūjitai)
大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai): a statue of the Vairocana Buddha at Tōdai-ji in Nara.

Etymology

大日 (Dainichi, literally “great sun”) is a calque of Sanskrit महावैरोचन (Mahāvairocana),[1][2][3][4][5] while 如来 (nyorai, literally “thus going”) is a calque of Sanskrit तथागत (tathāgata, literally “thus coming and going”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) だいにちにょ​らい [dàíníchí nyóꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [5])[6][7]
  • IPA(key): [da̠iɲ̟it͡ɕi ɲ̟o̞ɾa̠i]

Proper noun

大(だい)日(にち)如(にょ)来(らい) • (Dainichi Nyorai) 

  1. (Shingon Buddhism) Vairocana (or Mahāvairocana) as the sun Buddha, the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of emptiness (sunyata), and one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas
    Synonyms: 大日 (Dainichi), 毘盧遮那仏 (Birushana-butsu)

Coordinate terms

The 五智如来 (Go Chi Nyorai, “Five Dhyani Buddhas”) and associated directions:

Descendants
  • English: Dainichi Nyorai

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. “大日如来”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. “大日如来”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  6. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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